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Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2006 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 16 pages •Vol. 29, No. 8 BWN • Saturday, February 25, 2006 • FREE FULL COURT PRESS Ruling could ‘jeopardize’ Atlantic Yards
By Gersh Kuntzman “Stuckey said any delay would jeopardize what they say, they are not interested in re- demolitions to go forward. The Brooklyn Papers the project and now the ESDC is using the sponsible development, jobs and housing. At The first structure to come down will like- term ‘screeching halt,’” said Jeff Baker, no point, have they expressed even the slight- ly be the Underberg Building at the intersec- A partial court victory by opponents lawyer for Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, est interest in any of the initiatives associated tion of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues — of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project the lead plaintiff in the suit. with this project.” where Ratner hopes to someday build his may end up doing the impossible: sink- “That’s financial Armageddon for Ratner.” Despite its financial trouble, FCR intends 20,500-seat, Frank Gehry-designed home for ing the mega-development before it Baker’s enthusiasm earned a swift and next week to begin tearing down the first of the “Brooklyn” Nets. even gets off the ground. commensurate response from Forest City six run-down buildings on the project site, The team was supposed to move to the This startling news is buried deep in court Ratner spokesman Joe DePlasco. DePlasco said. borough in 2008, but that relocation has also documents filed this week by the Empire “The opposition has stated that it intends An appeals judge refused this week to put been put off until 2010, the Newark Star- State Development Corporation. The agency to sue early and often,” he said. “Contrary to a stay on Edmead’s ruling allowing those Ledger has reported. is appealing Justice Carol Edmead’s decision last week to remove an environmental review expert from the project because his prior work for Ratner “tainted” the process. Since the ruling, that process has ground “to a screeching halt,” ESDC lawyer Douglas Kraus wrote in a motion requesting that the expert, David Paget, be allowed continue working on the project while his removal is appealed. “There is a distinct possibility,” Kraus added, “that ESDC may not be able to find
/ Kathy Willens [a] substitute” for Paget. That would be bad news for Forest City Ratner, whose vice president, Jim Stuckey, had said in court papers submitted earlier in the case that the company is hemorrhaging Associated Press $4 million in carrying costs every month. “[Further] delay would subject FCR to se- vere, irreparable harm,” Stuckey wrote in the Do you see that? affidavit. “These losses would be devastating They’re not crazy, but they were looking for a few loons. Birders … and could jeopardize the project.” fanned out across Prospect Park last weekend for the annual Taken together, the two affidavits give the “Backyard Bird Count,” a national avian census organized by the impression that the opponents’ first of several Audubon Society. The borough’s most-populous bird was the expected legal challenges might make the At- Ring-billed gull, by the way. lantic Yards as wobbly as the Knicks defense.
UNION RATS / Sarah Kramer The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Balloon is organized labor’s only A young Brooklynite views 10 symbolic coffins laid out in front of Borough Hall as part of a Presidents Day Iraq War protest. Ten sons of Brooklyn have died in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion. presence at most building sites 24 marchers, 9 cop cars, drawn By Ariella Cohen The building’s developer, Shaya The Brooklyn Papers Boymelgreen, was persuaded to go While some New Yorkers union at one of his building sites in Manhattan. But at his luxury resi- still follow the jingle’s advice dential developments in DUMBO to an anti-war rally Downtown and “look for the union label,” and on Smith Street in Carroll Gar- you won’t find one affixed to dens, he did not feel similarly com- Brooklyn’s construction boom. pelled. The Brooklyn Papers many police this time,” said Benn was not deterred, how- son Hendricks, of his fellow Last year in Brooklyn, the De- Part of the reason, experts said, is As anti-war rallies go, this Ruth Benn of the New York ever. “When we explain it to anti-war troops. partment of Buildings awarded because Manhattan’s labor locals was hardly the March on City War Resisters League, people, they understood that the Ten sons of Brooklyn have more construction permits than it are more powerful politically, and which organized the coffin coffins represent the very thing perished in Iraq, part of a U.S. had in any year since the 1973. Washington, but the NYPD march — the first such proces- that the Bush administration death toll that’s now close to the projects themselves have tradi- certainly treated it like it The vast majority of these proj- tionally been larger. sion in Brooklyn. doesn’t want us to see: the 2,300 men and women. The lat- ects are being built by non-union Yet even as Manhattan-sized was. Only two dozen war protest- deaths that have occurred be- est Zogby International survey laborers. buildings are increasingly being Seven squad cars, plus two ers — two for each coffin, plus cause of this war.” indicates that the war in Iraq “We’re being hammered,” said built in Brooklyn, union power is cops in single-seat Cushmans, a few stragglers — braved the Of course, image control is continues to hurt President Anthony Pugliese, organizer of / Julie Rosenberg waning in the borough. trailed behind a slow-moving frigid temperatures to make not strictly limited to the White Bush’s approval rating, which New York District Council of Hiring union laborers does con- procession of 10 flag-draped their opinion heard, though not House. A man holding a sign remains at 40 percent. Carpenters. siderably ramp up the cost of a con- coffins from Borough Hall to always understood. Many reading “U.S. soldiers are noth- The poll, conducted before During Brooklyn’s last con- struction project, but there is still a the military recruiting station on passers-by wondered what was ing but hired murderers” was the Presidents Day weekend, in- struction boom in the late 1960s, huge political benefit to using union Flatbush Avenue on Monday. going on with all those coffins, told he could not carry it be- dicated that only 37 percent of construction union membership Papers The Brooklyn muscle, union leaders say. “We once blocked the en- despite anti-war chants and cause it was too offensive. the country approve of the pres- was around 40 percent nation- While rat balloons are a familiar symbols at Pugliese estimates that his union trance and got arrested, so signs decrying the President “I’m not here to argue with ident’s handling of the war. wide. Now, it’s 13 percent. local construction sites, union labor isn’t. See RATS on page 13 maybe that’s why there were so Bush’s invasion of Iraq. my people,” said the man, Car- — Kuntzman Locally, the result is that only 50 or 60 of the 4,000 residential construction projects green-light- ed last year were built by union hands, according to the carpen- ters union. Union organizers see this as a historic crossroads in the labor Brooklyn to Dick Cheney: Don’t shoot! movement: After all, the next 10 years will bring more construc- HIS COLUMNIST HAS president for me. Necklace Man was quickly re- ident, is “See rule number 1.” titans who write our energy bills, tion jobs to the city than any pe- minded that Prince Bindar is spying on his fellow Americans riod since World War II, accord- such a deep and abiding re- THE BROOKLYN First of all, several hunt- One shooter did rise to Cheney’s from Saudi Arabia while and, last but not least, being a bad ing to deputy mayor Dan Tspect for the office of Vice ers were eager to inform defense, quickly turning President, that he has resisted the By Gersh Cheney of the Rules of Dubai is the terror-con- the veep’s bad aim into a cardio-vascular role model, but I Doctoroff. Kuntzman nected country that will Yet the trend is clearly moving temptation — succumbed to by so ANGLE Engagement, Brooklyn- screaming monologue digress.) many of his colleagues — to lam- style. soon control American about President Clin- “You don’t drink and hunt — away from union labor, leaving ports. organizers little to do but pump poon the current occupant for Whittington said before Cheney shot “First of all, you don’t shoot into ton’s own errant shots ever,” said a man named Anthony. up their giant rats and walk shooting his friend in a hunting ac- him? “By the way, Dick, do you the sun because you can’t see any- “Iceberg, Ginsberg, on that famous blue “There is plenty of time to drink af- around with picket signs, as they cident. have any idea when we’re going to thing,” offered one shooter, who, it’s all the same to me,” dress. ter the hunt.” did this week at locations in But I’m only human: get out of Iraq?” (Ba-da-bing!) when asked his name, merely Necklace Man said. But he was si- “Besides,” Necklace Man chimed DUMBO and the South Slope. Hey did you hear that Vice Pres- OK, so laughing at the birdshot- showed off a Star of David around You know he’s joking lenced by other in, “the only justification for “It’s just plain wrong that they ident Cheney is now pushing a new peppered Whittington’s expense isn’t his neck and then told an off-color because the walls of the hunters who were ap- shooting your friend is if he’s are building these huge, 100-unit constitutional amendment? Yeah, journalistically sound. That’s why joke that involved Jews, guns and club, located under a shut- palled that Cheney ap- sleeping with your wife. That’s at buildings without unions,” he wants to merge the Second and The Brooklyn Angle sought out the small animals. tered moviehouse on Fort pears to be getting away least the rule in Brooklyn. By the groused Joe Rizzo, a Laborers’ 21st amendments so he can always Brooklyn angle at the famed Bay “But Cheney shouldn’t have Hamilton Parkway, are covered with almost killing a guy. way, I’m not authorized to speak International Union organizer be guaranteed of his right to hunt Ridge Rod and Gun Club (motto: “A shot his best friend — he shoulda with reminders that “the first rule is (He also seems to be getting to the media.” who spent this week protesting and drink (ba-da-bing!). place to shoot”) and found plenty of shot Bush’s best friend, that guy safety.” away with the whole Iraq mess, Now he tells me. That guy had the construction at 84 Front St. What was the last thing Harry people willing to make fun of the vice Bindar, because of that port deal.” Rule number two, Mr. Vice Pres- hiding the names of the oil industry me at “Bindar.” It’s our Fifth Anniversary, and YOU GET TO SAVE! See our ad in GO Brooklyn 2 BWN THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 25, 2006 VORNADO AIR SOFTENING HUMIDIFIERS Bridge Anchorage stays shut By Susan Cosier cavernous space itself — cool captive, Abu Zubaydah, told The Anchorage is suffering Vornado Vornado The Brooklyn Papers in the summer and airy even officials that both the Statue of the same fate — unlike other Model 30 Model 40 with large crowds. Liberty and the Brooklyn New York City landmarks. $59.99 $79.99 The Statue of Liberty is Walking through the doors Bridge were once in Osama Liberty Island, which at- welcoming visitors again. of the stone structure, the An- bin Laden’s crosshairs. But tracts over four million visi- A fountain is planned to WHY HUMIDIFY THE AIR? For both health and comfort reasons! chorage’s guests were enchant- it’s unclear if they really were. tors each year, was re-opened Physicians have long-recommended humidification to help relieve nasal replace the temporary bar- ed by its 50-foot high ceilings, Other law enforcement offi- Dec. 20, 2001, and the Statue and chest congestion for infants, children and adults. Humidification also ricades in front of the New musty smell, and humming cials cite the 2003 conviction of Liberty’s promenade and helps with dry skin. A humidifier can also minimize annoying static and York Stock Exchange. from the cars above. Now this of Ohio truck driver Iyman observatory were re-opened provide your furniture with much needed moisture. And even Park Row, the wonder of a location is a casu- Faris, another al-Qaeda sym- Aug. 2, 2004. alty of the war on terror. WHY HUMIDIFY WITH VORNADO? First, the Vortex Action of street that passes by City pathizer who once researched The Statue of Liberty is un- Vornado Vortex Humidifiers effectively distributes moisture and recovers Hall on the way to the People who have only whether the cables on the der federal control, while the heat throughout an entire room. Second, the evaporative style system is financial district, re- heard about its grandeur are bridge could be severed. He Brooklyn Bridge is run by the clean running, delivering moisture the same way Mother Nature does. opened to traffic last May. forced to look on the Internet concluded that such a plot was city, which Chin says can’t Finally, you will enjoy Vornado’s easy-to-use, hassle-free design that or in history books to under- “unlikely to succeed because simply increase security to includes a patented, easy-fill, no-spill, leak-free bottle design. 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And in contrast to other OPPORTUNITIES New York landmarks, there early this year are no plans to re-open this URBAN VIEW REALTY site. By Lilo H. Stainton the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. “Serving Brooklyn’s Brownstone and Waterfront Communities” Deli Department “It’s a permanent [clo- The Brooklyn Papers Minutes after noon, 19-year-old sure],” said DOT spokes- Val Mackins, of Queens, pulled a man, Craig Chin. When shots rang out mid- Let our courteous and day on Feb. 17 near the gun on his 20-year-old victim, a lo- Most Brooklynites cal resident, and shot him in the don’t even realize it. Cre- Farragut Houses in Vinegar knowledgeable agents Hill, they ended the life of chest, cops said. CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS: Must be ative Time, which organ- The victim, Jeffery Pickins, had ized Art in the Anchorage 20-year-old man, sent a help you dependable, courteous and be able to service teenager to jail and shat- a loaded 9 mm handgun, but he for 19 consecutive sum- did not use it, police said. Para- mers, still gets regular in- customers with a smile. 18 years or older. tered in the precinct’s medics rushed Pickins to Brooklyn quiries about the site. chances for another year Hospital, where he died from his • Sell your home “We get called on a with record-low murders. Please see Store Manager for details. weekly basis,” said wounds the following day. • Buy your home The 88th Precinct — where the Police arrested Mackins on Feb. spokeswoman Maureen central boulevard, Myrtle Avenue, 18, charging the teen with murder Sullivan. once was dubbed “Murder Av- • Find a rental It’s no wonder why. enue” — recorded only one homi- and weapons possession. Mackins 120 5th Avenue Thousands of people cide in 2005, down from 11 in was arraigned later that day and a LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED would come to the An- 2000 and 19 in 1990. grand jury is now reviewing the corner Baltic St. • Park Slope chorage every summer to Police said the first homicide in case, according to the Brooklyn www.urbanviewrealty.com see a variety of Creative 2006 involved two armed men District Attorney’s office. Time exhibits, but some outside a public housing complex His attorney, Wanye Bodden, art lovers came for the off Nassau Street, in the shadow of did not return a call for comment. 164 Fifth Avenue at Lincoln Place (718) 398-2900 February 25, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 BWN 3 We’re home delivered The Brookyln Papers are now home delivering Papers every Saturday throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. Because we’re limiting our delivery to one or two Papers per building (thus avoiding the kind of CVS to take ‘Key’ spot wasteful, litter-producing clutter generated by some circular distributors)— By Ariella Cohen “I don’t want this street to 1) If a neighbor picks up your building’s Papers before you get a chance, you can still get a Paper The Brooklyn Papers lose what made it different from other places,” Pezzolla said. — at one of our 400 “bulk drop” locations. For a Now that the word is out The possibility of such a location near you, go to BrooklynPapers.com. that the Key Foods on transformation is yet another 2) If you live in a large apartment house, we can Court Street is becoming a irony of Brooklyn’s real-es- deliver an adequate quantity of Papers to your lobby — but only with your building’s permission. To re- CVS, people are again tate market. The buyers of the quest apartment house delivery, email your name, street wondering if Mom and new high-priced condos Pop can survive in Carroll address and cross streets and phone number, along with the above the so called “neigh- name and contact information for your building super or Gardens and beyond. borhood institutions” say they managing agent, to: Circulation@Brooklyn Papers.com. This Key Food’s imminent don’t want national chains, As always, The Brooklyn Papers are Free. demise follows last summer’s but the over-stuffed sofas at Starbucks or the Barnes and And our Home Delivery service is Free. closing of a Brooklyn Heights We hope you enjoy it. D’Agostino — raising a Noble do tend to be full most question that’s vital to Brook- of the day. lyn’s gustatory future: Why One local establishment are supermarkets having such lost in the real-estate shuffle Street Key Food rarely stocked ventional supermarkets when is the influx of cheaper em- a hard time surviving, even as will be Zipper, an upscale fur- organic fruit. They also rents are at historic highs in ployers who don’t pay wages residential communities are niture and doodad boutique claimed the small stock of soy- Brooklyn’s stroller-filled and use the city as their health booming? on Smith Street that, accord- gluten protein products would neighborhoods. plan,” said Pat Purcell, an or- Both the D’Agostino and ing to its owners, supplied run out early in the week. “People do their daily shop- ganizer with Local 1500, the Key Foods were replaced knick-knacks to Boerum Hill Still, it was popular for ping here now,” said Martin which represents supermarket by the red-lettered chain. Callan / Tom newlyweds Heath Ledger and some staples. Nunuz, an owner of Union workers. Meanwhile, a local Court Michelle Williams. The store “We had a lot of regulars, Market. At a City Council hearing Street pharmacy closed a few will go out of business later older people, who came in Moore said that the D’Ag- on Friday on labor conditions weeks ago and soon, a Chase this month. every day for their daily pasta ostino, which was on Henry city-wide, Purcell testified that Bank will take over the spot. “We’re regular, small, busi- or their milk or cheese,” said Street for nearly three workers are bearing the bur- Thanks to high real-estate ness people,” said owner Eliz- cashier Dave Flynn. decades, felt the impact of den of the loss of larger gro- costs and new high-class Papers The Brooklyn abeth Cashour. “Who knows But, like their supermar- Garden of Eden and other cery stores in the city. tastes, neighborhood busi- The Key Food at 395 Court St. in Carroll Gardens has closed and will be replaced by a CVS how anyone is going to be kets, the older people are be- nearby foodtiques. “Supermarket jobs have nesses may be doomed even — the same fate that befell a D’Agostino grocery store on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. able to hold on with these ing replaced. But a shift away from the long been the foundation of in areas that once prized the rents?” Increasingly, gourmet pur- traditional grocery store might the city’s economy. If that old-world feel of Mom-and- If chain stores are in- veyors, like Union Market on mean customers get riper Brie goes downward, the city is go- Pop stores and shunned na- away from him, on the corner the next few weeks, the filled treats and hazelnut, evitable, whose tastes will be Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, or olives that don’t come from ing to be affected,” he said. tional franchises and gourmet of Bergen and Smith streets, a Dunkin Donuts on Court vanilla and cinnamon spice served? or Garden of Eden on Mon- a can, while workers get the “It’s $9.99 a pound for chick- bodegas — which gourmands Dunkin Donuts franchise has Street and First Place will be- coffee. The wave of franchises Some shoppers told The tague Street in Brooklyn shaft. en salad — and a complete jokingly call “foodtiques.” just signed a lease, and within gin peddling its triglyceride- hitting the street worries him. Brooklyn Papers that the Court Heights, are cutting into con- “The problem we’re seeing screwing over of [workers].” “The growth of both the gourmet store and the nation- al franchise in Brooklyn is phenomenal,” said Mary Moore, a D’Agostino spokes- woman. “They are a threat.” The Rumor Mill They may be a threat, but plenty of people are cashing To paraphrase REO Speedwagon, we heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from a blog — in on it. After all, the family which is probably why most of the rumors you hear about Carroll Gardens turn out to be false. The Brooklyn Papers did that owned the Key Food some digging and found that most of the rumors are unfounded — except the ones that are entirely founded, like the also owns three stories of closing of Key Food (above) or the Dunkin Donuts that is about to open on Court Street. — Ariella Cohen renovated residential units above it. STORE ADDRESS RUMOR UPDATE Now it’s not odd to close a supermarket after building Check Cashing/ 361 Court Street Starbucks The owner says he isn’t selling. apartments that could be Western Union served by it. On Smith and Court streets alone, rents Bleach House 368 Court Street McDonald’s McDonald’s claims it is not looking at that location. have jumped between 25 and 50 percent in the past four years. Key Food 391 Court Street CVS Just closed to become...a CVS! “It all comes down to money,” said Joseph Pezzolla Callan / Tom Zipper 333 Smith Street KFC The fried chicken merchant said it is looking for of Iron Gate Realty. “[The more space in Brooklyn, but says not at this site. Key Food owner] is getting more money [by renting to Blockbuster 288 Court Street Commerce Bank “It could happen this summer,” said a Block- someone else] and he doesn’t buster worker. Then again, it could not. have to work a grocery
store.” Papers The Brooklyn Cobble Hill 265 Court Street Torn down for Owners are so vehement that they’re not closing Pezzolla’s office is down Cinema condos that they put it up on the marquee. the block from the moribund Zipper on Smith Street is rumored to become a Kentucky Fried Chicken. Key Foods. A few streets What 20/20’s Vision Didn’t See
By Randi Weingarten
ecently, the ABC News program “20/20” devoted an the city. We must end this gross inequity to give our kids the hour-long broadcast to the subject of public educa- resources they deserve. Rtion. In a segment called “Stupid in America,” Many of the reforms the UFT commentator John Stossel purported to analyze what’s would like to see implemented in wrong with our nation’s public schools, choosing to focus, our schools require a state invest- ment and, with a $2 billion state in part, on New York City. But instead of a thoughtful, budget surplus, now is the time to objective analysis of one of society’s most urgent invest. We want every child in the challenges, he presented a simplistic, erroneous and city to have access to full day demonizing assault on teachers’ unions, blaming them for pre-kindergarten to give them the all that ails the public schools. running start they need to com- pete. We want to reduce class It’s unfortunate Mr. Stossel didn’t tutoring sessions for struggling size so every child can get look a little closer because what students. focused, individual attention. And he would have found here in New Implementing such a change in we want to increase opportunities York City is a group of dedicated a school system so large is a for career and technical educa- educators who work hard every challenge, and it has understand- tion. Not every child will go to day to provide the best possible ably caused some anxiety for college. We need to give them education to our public school students, parents and educators. options for their future so they children. It’s easy to sit on the As the department fields these can contribute to society and lead sidelines and judge. The real chal- parent concerns, teachers will productive, happy and healthy lenge — and reward — comes do everything they can to make lives. We also need more money from rolling up your sleeves and the tutoring sessions effective working to help kids achieve. and meaningful for struggling to build schools, science labs, Had Mr. Stossel looked closer, students. We hope the depart- gyms and playgrounds. he also would have found that, ment will work with parents and Our world is changing rapidly. even while we have our differ- teachers to address issues that Preparing children to compete in ences, the United Federation of arise during implementation and an increasingly global economy is Teachers and the city’s Depart- will show flexibility in allowing indi- an enormous challenge faced by ment of Education are working vidual schools to craft solutions all schools, public, private and together to improve education in that work best for their students. parochial. Certainly public educa- the nation’s largest public school Educating 1.1 million school tion can be improved, but it is system and we are producing real children in a city like New York is far too important a topic to be 2+Months Free results. a multifaceted challenge. Tens of co-opted by politicians or treated JOIN NOW FOR MEMBERSHIP THROUGH MAY 1, 2007 Earlier this month, for example, thousands of our students are superficially as in Mr. Stossel’s FOR THE PRICE OF ONE YEAR new tutoring sessions for strug- mired in poverty. Thousands more brand of simplistic and derogatory gling students were implemented have limited or nonexistent finger-pointing. MEMBERSHIP FEE IS PAID IN ADVANCE. VALID ONLY FOR NEW INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. 1 in our schools. After 2 /2 years of English speaking skills. Even with Solving problems and making an often difficult and contentious crime at record lows, many live in improvements require thoughtful contract negotiation, the UFT and neighborhoods where violence Offer ends February 28 discussion, open minds and hard the DOE came to a contract com- and despair are daily parts of promise that reconfigured the their lives. Underlying these work. It requires parties that 1 don’t always agree with one school day to include four 37/2- challenges is the chronic under- minute tutoring sessions. The UFT funding by the state of our city’s another to come together and wanted a uniform 6-hour-50- schools. The Campaign for Fiscal work out solutions. If Mr. Stossel minute day, spreading additional Equity lawsuit resulted in a had approached the subject of time across the school day for all landmark decision affirming that education with that in mind, he students, but the negotiated set- our city’s schools were not getting would have seen those ideals at tlement included the additional their fair share from the state and work right here in New York City.
ADVERTISEMENT 4 DTZ, FGZ THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 25, 2006 Note to thieves: Don’t wear the stolen coat By Lilo H. Stainton Couple robbed The Brooklyn Papers Police captured three thugs Police didn’t catch the thief POLICE BLOTTER who allegedly robbed a couple in the act, but they found him at gunpoint on Bond Street moments later, cloaked in evi- before dawn on Feb. 19. dence. her for the time. (It was almost her green bag, stuffed with a One of the robbers stopped A Carroll Gardens resident 9 pm, not that she really want- half-dozen charge cards, an the 21-year-old man and his fe- ed to know.) Without waiting called police after watching the unlimited Metrocard, her male friend, 20, near Wyckoff for an answer, the thief checkbook, a Brooklyn Public Street just after 4 am, police burglar bust through a window grabbed the victim’s purse and of a West Ninth Street apart- Library book, $3 and a white said. Greeting them with a two accomplices shoved her to set of Rosary beads. But at handgun, he demanded they ment at 2:30 pm on Feb. 3. A the pavement. few minutes later, the witness least four witnesses, two of turn over their valuables. His The 24-year-old suffered cuts them Hicks Street residents, accomplices emerged from the saw the prowler emerge onto and bruises on her left hand and the roof of the building, near saw the heist and remembered shadows to provide additional both knees, while the three teens the robbers’ faces. compelling reasons to accede to Court Street, cross tar beach to escaped with her Gucci purse, an adjacent building and duck These witnesses identified the gunman’s request. which contained keys, credit three suspects and 84th The victims handed over an into the stairwell door. cards, a cellphone and $20. The witness also noted the Precinct Police Officer Jason odd collection of costly goods But the banditas didn’t get Palamara arrested them — — a $5,000 pair of earrings, a man was dressed in a three- far. Police Officer Curtis quarter-length black leather coat teens ages 16, 16 and 18 — on $365 pair of sunglasses, a Rabess, with the 84th Precinct, felony robbery charges. pocket watch and a cellphone that he wasn’t wearing when he arrested two of the young — plus $53 in cash. Then they first broke in the window — a women — both age 15 — Cell thief called police. detail he passed on to cops. while the third escaped. Police arrested a fleet-footed Police arrived in time to Their tip led 76th Precinct Teens collared cellphone snatcher who attacked Police Officer Ron Holmes to greet the dapper burglar as he in total darkness on Feb 17. emerged from the second A gaggle of witnesses helped the three men — ages 18, 19 police nab three teens who The female suspect snuck and 25 — whom he cuffed building. up on her 43-year-old victim Police arrested the 41-year- allegedly robbed a Queens and charged with robbery. woman on Feb. 15. around 10 pm, as the woman old man for robbing the coat walked home from the train Churches robbed and a digital camera that be- One young thug grabbed the 36-year-old victim by the along Schermerhorn Street, to- Police said a thief busted long to a woman whose apart- ward Bond Street. The thug through a basement window ment he broke into first. hair around 7:50 pm, as she walked near the corner of punched the older woman in of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Stealing time Hicks and Joralemon streets, the face, grabbed the mobile Mary and St. Stephan Church, Police nabbed two of the police said. He tugged her to from her hand and bolted. at Carroll and Hicks streets, three teens who allegedly beat the ground by her long locks, She didn’t run far enough, it between 4:30 pm on Feb. 13 and robbed a 24-year-old insisting, “Don’t scream — seems. Police caught up with and 8 am on Valentine’s Day. woman on Bergen Street on you’re gonna get hurt.” A the suspect in the neighbor- Once inside, the thief crept Feb. 12. lookout kept watch across the hood and, once the victim upstairs and cracked open One of the young female street as the teenage thief identified the woman as her at- eight collections boxes, pock- attackers stopped the victim grabbed the woman’s purse. tacker, they arrested the 29- eting the donations inside. Fa- near Hoyt Street and asked The thieves dashed off with year-old on robbery charges. ther Anthony J. Sansone said he didn’t know how much money was missing, but the funds were earmarked for the poor. The thief dashed from a basement door and fled onto –––––––––––––––– Hicks Street, police said. In a similarly unholy heist, a man entered the First Baptist Jewels by Satnick Church on Schermerhorn Street, near Third Avenue, on Feb. 17 and snatched three credit cards has moved into our new location from the wallet of an employ- ee. The 41-year-old victim left her purse unattended in the of- fice for less than 10 minutes, 187 State Street she told cops. When she re- turned, around 11 am, her Off Court St. – formerly Alex’s shoe repair shop wallet was missing from her bag. But police found the cards –––––––––––––––– on the suspect, a 47-year-old * SUGGESTED UP TO RETAIL PRICE Brooklyn man. It was not clear 60% OFF why the man had access to the church office, but the fellow On all 14 kt. Gold, Diamond, Silver Jewelry faces grand larceny charges in court — and perhaps a stiffer and Watches for the Month of February penalty from above. These blasphemous burgla- “Special – Diamond Hearts – 70% OFF” ries are part of a series of break- ins at churches throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Save us from art terror
HANK GOODNESS law-abiding art lovers can no French statue. age, with its one door in and one for Big Brother. Other- longer be allowed in, except In the Financial District, men in door out, is a lot easier to “secure.” wise, silly Brooklyn- to advance the vague notion backpacks walk right past the Our guess is that the gallery T stock exchange. space has not been put off limits that the bridge is, and will ites might do stupid things And sometimes people even because of the risk of an art-lover like go to art shows. always be, a terror target. That may be true — and it may ride the subway without having with a bomb strapped on his back. For more than four years, even justify the constant presence their bags searched. More likely, the city Department the city has kept Brooklynites of four squad cars tying up traffic So why is the Anchorage dif- of Transportation, which operates from savoring the grand on the bridge’s roadway 24-7 — ferent? the space, simply wants to devote gallery space in the Anch- but virtually every other terror tar- No city office would say, but its attention to its primary job — orage on our side of the get in town is again welcoming its that silence echoes off the brick- transportation — rather than Brooklyn Bridge. adoring public. lined walls of the cool, cavernous spend even a few minutes a year The space, which hosted At the Empire State Building, space we once loved: Our govern- handling Creative Time’s lease. tourists — some of them foreign, ment believes it can do whatever But the Anchorage doesn’t be- art exhibits and concerts cur- even! — take elevators to the top it wants so long as the reason is, long to some city bureaucrat — it ated by Creative Time for every day. uh, er, oh yeah, terrorism. belongs to the people of Brook- / Cristian Fleming nearly two decades, has been At Liberty Island, people pull Although the bridge may be a lyn. If DOT doesn’t want to deal locked tight since 9-11. No out what appear to be cameras to terror target, tens of thousands of with it, the agency should turn it city office will explain why take pictures of the famous cars cross it every day. The Anchor- over to one that can.
LETTERS Papers The Brooklyn If Yassky’s all white, what’s that make Nydia? To the editor: because he has yet to raise significant feminist experience, her entire premise That’s completely true, by the way. are moving to Brooklyn. And in other Is Nydia Velazquez “all white” too? funds from black neighborhoods. If that’s was flawed from the beginning. The Postal Service’s Consumer Affairs news, the sun came up again yesterday. I found your recent cover story, “Yas- so, it would stand to reason that Velazquez Although I applaud her on having read office twice answered my complaint by e- My parents moved from Manhattan to sky’s All White” (Feb. 11), so inspiring doesn’t have support of minority voters in “The Feminine Mystique,” somehow she mail. Regardless, important mail contin- Brooklyn 40 years ago. They didn’t de- that I did my own version of your ques- her district because she also didn’t raise must have confused Betty Friedan with a ues to be undelivered — and that’s just stroy the borough any more than the next tionable, line-by-line analysis of cam- significant funds from blacks and Latinos. stereotypical motherhood-hater who is at- the mail I’m expecting. wave of Manhattanites will. In fact, they paign contributions to David Yassky’s But Velazquez was re-elected with 85 tacked by many stay-at-home mothers to I may have been drafted into the Army and many other new residents helped re- congressional campaign. percent of the vote. Are you saying she validate their choice. to fight in Vietnam; MPs may still be af- vitalize Park Slope, just as today’s new- I focussed on Nydia Velazquez’s 2004 does not have the support of the black Betty Friedan also said, “For a great ter me. I may owe IRS money. Madonna comers are breathing new life into DUM- campaign because she represents neigh- and Latino voters of Brooklyn? many women, choosing motherhood makes may have begged me for nude pictures. BO, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg, Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. boring District 12. I found her contribu- Why not acknowledge the reality: motherhood itself a liberating choice.” The possibilities are endless, like the Greenpoint, Red Hook, and Sunset Park. Established 1978. Copyright 2006. tions followed a similar pattern as Yassky’s campaign fundraising doesn’t necessarily While a great deal of her views are Postal Service’s snafus. I am so tired of the “pull up the draw- 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn, — very few from what you called the “so- mirror voter support. considered antiquated by current femi- Leon Freilich, Park Slope bridge” attitude of people who already NY 11201 • Phone (718) 834-9350 called black part” of the district. Heather Weston, Park Slope nists, Friedan was a vocal supporter of have a place to live and believe nothing Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105). Your article suggested David Yassky giving women power to make a decision, should ever change, especially their rent. will not have the support of black voters not making the decision for them. Meet and greet Erik Engquist, Park Slope PUBLISHER Celia Weintrob (ext 104) EDITOR Gersh Kuntzman (ext 119) Cheney’s got a gun Smartmom showed poor taste and used To the editor: a pioneer’s name for her own glib vanity. SENIOR EDITOR /PRODUCTION MGR To the editor: It was a pleasure to see you at Coun- Shade grown my eye Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) I read with interest your article on Jose Emily Beth Rapoport, Park Slope cilmember [Simcha] Felder’s inaugura- To the editor: GO BROOKLYN/BROOKLYN BRIDE EDITOR Paper jobs Bove’s problem with the government at tion (“Bathroom break,” Jan. 21). As I enjoyed your article on the Gowanus Lisa J. Curtis (ext 131) JFK (“Border Patrol,” Feb. 18). speaker of the New York City Council, ART DIRECTOR Leah Mitch (ext 127) Employment at The Brooklyn Papers Postal poem Canal (“Gowanus pumped up,” Feb. 18), It’s a real shame that he was kept out every day I have the unique opportunity but you should know that the Park Slope COMPOSITION OWNERSHIP: Entire contents copyright can be a uniquely rewarding experience. while Dick Cheney is allowed to stay in. To the editor: to interact with a diverse cross-section of 2006 Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. All ads and other Inquiries are solicited for these open- What’s even wackier than the Food Food Coop does carry cosmetics tested content prepared by our staff, including ART WORK, DE- Richard Schoeller, Park Slope New Yorkers, each and every one a pas- on animals. I wish it did not. SIGN and COPY, remain the sole property of The Brook- ings: Coop? The Postal Service chicken coop. sionate advocate for vital, important caus- lyn Papers and may not be reproduced elsewhere with- AD SALES Aproven route to profes- The mail service has driven me so mad Cathryn Swan, Park Slope out the Publisher’s written permission. es. If my office may ever be of assistance ADVERTISING: Subject to Terms Governing Acceptance sional and financial success. The Papers Smartmom’s mistake that I’m almost ready to go postal! to you in your efforts, please do not hesi- of Advertising published in our latest rate card. consider both experienced and novice can- To the editor: Luckily, rhymes allow me to laugh at tate to contact me. EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: The Brooklyn Papers as- didates for “inside” and “outside” sales po- I was disappointed by Smartmom’s checks that go awry and statements that sumes no responsibility for unsolicited materials. Articles, Christine Quinn, Manhattan Send us a letter story ideas, letters, photography, and all other materials sitions. Competititve compensation, excel- “Overcoming Friedan’s Ghost” (Feb. 18). get filed in trash baskets: delivered to The Brooklyn Papers, whether or not solicit- Editor’s note: And she even gave us her By mail: Letters Editor, Brooklyn Papers, lent incentives, training and support. Write: I’m not going to entangle myself in the LETTER IMPERFECT phone number! ed by Publisher or Publisher’s agent and whether or not CeliaWeintrob@Brooklyn Papers.com, or 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 they contain or are otherwise accompanied by restric- warring factions of career moms vs. stay- Non-delivery of my mail tions on publication or use, will be treated as uncondi- Fax: (718) 834-9278. call (718) 834-9350 ext 104. at-home moms. I agree it is a shame that Has me frazzled, has me nervous tionally assigned to The Brooklyn Papers for publication STAFF REPORTER A great wri- many women choose to look down at To the point where there’s no choice Sym-phony By e-mail: [email protected] and copyright purposes, unless otherwise agreed in writ- ing by the Publisher prior to publication. All submitted ter/reporter who knows this borough top stay at home mothers, for isn’t mother- But to gripe to the Postal Service. To the editor: All letters must be signed and include the writer’s A rep from its Consumer Affairs, home address and phone number (only the material becomes the property of The Brooklyn Papers to bottom. Write: Kuntzman@Brooklyn- hood the ultimate definition of work? I just read your editorial “They’ll take which may edit, publish and assign the material for use in Boasting of the group’s advances, writer’s name and neighborhood are published any medium now known or later developed. Submissions Papers.com. Attach three clips and write No, I was disappointed because for as Sends assurances of help — Brooklyn, too” (Feb. 11). Please, spare us with the letter). will not be returned and may not be acknowledged. “reporter opening” in the subject line. much as Smartmom testifies to her own By e-mail. Postal’s taking no chances. the violins. Of course Manhattan people Letters may be edited and will not be returned. CIRCULATION: Net figures, based on period norms.
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The organization could pro- aesthetic improvements, such move in, the retail will jump.” GENERAL PRACTICE He attributed the stagnation vide no documentation for as nostalgic lampposts, in the It can’t come too soon for Now in Park Slope! to “absentee landlords who more than $7,000 in reim- mid-1990s. Lynn Petrie, owner of Ginger have a demographic blind- bursements paid to its execu- On Washington Avenue, Root, a Caribbean restaurant ness” to the tastes of the new- When was YOUR tive director, Leroy Gaines. even a bad merchants associa- that opened in 2004. comers. An audit also revealed that tion might be better than no At the time, she said, Wash- Today, barbers, beauty par- WAMA spent only $985 of association at all. ington Avenue “looked like a last physical? lors and auto repair shops are $6,000 it was awarded for “We cannot go forward good location with the Muse- the dominant business. Scat- business attraction and anti- without some leadership,” um being there. It seemed like Anahid Nisanian, MD tered among them are a hand- graffiti projects. To date, said Councilwoman Letitia something was about to hap- Andras Fenyves, MD ful of restaurants, including the WAMA has not complied with James (D-Prospect Heights). pen.” Rossana Dilmanian, MD venerable Tom’s Diner, that are city audit requested between Meanwhile, the residential But it’s been rough going be- Primary Care barely hanging on. The one bar 2002 and 2004. boom continues in Prospect cause “there is not a lot of foot on the avenue, Ripple, was Internal Medicine The organization did not re- Heights. The average price of traffic, not enough restaurants FINEST DENTAL CARE damaged in a New Year’s fire turn repeated calls from The one- and two-family homes and food markets,” she said. Superior Services for Adults & Children and has not reopened, leaving Brooklyn Papers. rose nearly 26 percent last She thought the WAMA the strip deprived of what little “Over the course of several year, up to close to $1 million. had been helpful, and hoped it 10 Plaza St. East, Suite 1F nightlife it had. years, WAMA repeatedly can- In addition, lots have been could be resuscitated or re- Evening (bet. Flatbush & Vanderbilt Aves) Most It’s not for lack of dispos- and weekend Insurance PROMINENCE in Quality Care and Service celled audit meetings, claimed snatched up on blocks at the placed: “I think it’s an integral appointments accepted able income in the area. A that records had been stolen or northern end of Washington part of business to have an as- available. (718) 622-8020 “SAME DAY APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE / ALL INSURANCE ACCEPTED” 2003 study conducted for the had other excuses that resulted Avenue for more housing con- sociation backing you. 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THEATER Hail ‘Emperor’ Over the last four years, Arts at St. Ann’s has served as the unofficial Brooklyn outpost for The Wooster Group, thanks to nearly annual presentations of past and present works: “House/Lights” (2005), “Brace Up!” (2003) and “To You, the Birdie!” (2002). The envelope-pushing SoHo-based collective — whose intellectually rigorous, technologically adven- turous deconstructions of the classics have made it one of the most imitated avant garde theater com- panies in the world — returns once again to 38 Water St. with a revival of its critically acclaimed interpretation of “The Emperor Jones.” As with previous in-
(718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings February 25, 2006 Nancy Campbell carnations of Eugene O’Neill’s expressionist one-act, Kate Valk — dressed as a man and wearing blackface — stars as the railroad porter who gains control of a Caribbean island before going crazy. The non-traditional casting makes this probably the only play in the American canon to have provid- ed a black civil rights activist and a white female ac- tress with the greatest stage role of their careers. What Paul Robeson would think of Valk’s post- modern minstrel show, however, is anyone’s guess. “The Emperor Jones” runs at St. Ann’s Ware- Farewell, house (38 Water St. between Dock and Main streets in DUMBO) from March 1 to April 2, Wednesday through Sunday at 8 pm. Tickets are $25-$37.50. For reservations, call (718) 254-8779 or go online to www.ticketweb.com. — Drew Pisarra
Carmela THEATER Falco on last year as a ‘Soprano’ ‘Hedda’ gala and latest movie, ‘Freedomland’ Ever longed to tread the boards of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Opera House? On Tuesday, gala ticket holders will not only have the opportunity to sip By Karen Butler helped her pay off her credit cards and treat cocktails on that famous stage, but to do it alongside for The Brooklyn Papers herself to a few dinners out and cab rides Australian actress Cate Blanchett, best known for home. roles in “Elizabeth,” “The Aviator” and the “Lord of ulti-faceted star of TV, stage and the Rings” trilogy. film, Edie Falco is a true Brooklyn Juggling act Blanchett stars in Syd- Msuccess story. Of course, the show would prove far more ney Theatre Company’s In the late-1990s, when the Greenpoint rewarding than that. In addition to offering “Hedda Gabler,” which native was up for the role of Carmela on the her a fantastic, multi-dimensional character runs from Feb. 28 HBO series, “The Sopranos,” she was sure to play on a complex, intelligently written through March 26 at the one of her better-known Italian-American ri- series, the show’s extra-long breaks between Brooklyn Academy of vals would end up playing the small-screen seasons have also allowed Falco the freedom Music’s Harvey Theater. mob wife instead of her. to pursue other acting projects. The opening night per- Falco told reporters in Manhattan recently Since taking on the role of First Lady of formance is part of a gala
that she had been shooting another ac- the New Jersey crime family in 1999, the evening to benefit BAM Heidrun Lohr claimed HBO show, “Oz,” when she heard SUNY Purchase graduate has also earned and the Sydney Theatre. from a friend that a really good pi- The evening — which marks Blanchett’s U.S. stage lot script called “The Sopranos” debut — includes pre-show cocktails and dinner on the was making the rounds. Opera House stage; a performance of “Hedda Gabler,” “I, like everybody else, thought directed by Robyn Nevin, at the BAM Harvey The- it was about singers and assumed I ater; and a post-show dessert reception with the “Hed- would never hear anything about da Gabler” cast on the Opera House stage. it. [But] I got a call that they want- The event, helmed by a veritable army of party ed me to audition for the part,” the pros, promises to be an affair to remember. Catering is 42-year-old actress recalled. “I by Great Performances, GUCCI will handle the décor read [a couple of scenes] and I and the floral treatments are by Kurt Rausch. thought, ‘I know exactly who this Tickets to the “festive attire” event are going fast woman is and they’ll never cast — performance and dessert reception tickets have al- me.’ Because it’s a television show ready sold out — but seats to the entire evening are
about an Italian mom, and I pic- / HBO Barry Wetcher available for $1,000 and $2,500 for priority seating. tured Marisa Tomei or Annabella The holy mother: Greenpoint native, For benefit tickets, contact BAM Patron Services Sciorra — women who got a lot of at (718) 636-4182. For $30-$85 tickets for March Edie Falco, in full Carmela Soprano re- the roles that I was up for that TV performances, call (718) 636-4100. The BAM Harvey were sort of like that. galia (above) and as volunteer Karen (at Theater is located at 651 Fulton St., at Ashland Place far left with Julianne Moore) in Joe The final season of “The Sopranos” will “But those are sometimes fun premiere March 12 at 9 pm on HBO. in Fort Greene and the BAM Opera House is locat- auditions to do, because you know Roth’s film “Freedomland.” “Freedomland” is now playing at Access ed at 30 Lafayette Ave., at Ashland Place. Frank Masi Digital Theatres’s Pavilion Cinema [188 you’re not going to get it, and you Prospect Park West at 15th Street in Park — Lisa J. Curtis can go in and have fun without the pressure raves for her performances in the Broadway esting to some actors, but there are so many Slope, (718) 369-0838]; UA Court Street Stadi- of, ‘Will this be my next job?’ Because you dramas, “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire different kinds of acting to be done, and it is um 12 [108 Court St. at State Street in Brook- lyn Heights, (800) 326-3264 ext. 615] and UA know you’re not going to get it.” de Lune” and “ ’night, Mother.” Last year, very different doing a play than it is doing a Sheepshead Bay [3907 Shore Parkway at Much to Falco’s surprise, she did get it Falco even found time to film the new movie or television. You really get to use Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay, (800) 326- and was cast as mob boss Tony Soprano’s thriller, “Freedomland,” which opened in different muscles, so I’m thrilled I get to bop 3264 ext. 614]. DANCE long-suffering spouse in the show’s pilot. theaters on Feb. 17. around.” Although the series would go on to be a “I consider myself an exceedingly lucky Falco insists she doesn’t prefer one acting great success and the role would later earn person that I get the opportunity to move medium over the other and reveals she I really miss it. Although I don’t have a plan, Falco Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Gold- around like I have,” she said. “Maybe actors would love to keep moving between them. I feel like it’s time to do a play, and I had Foot notes en Globe awards, the then-struggling actress make the decision, ‘Oh, I’m only going to “They are all necessary,” she maintained. signed on to do [‘Threepenny Opera’] which was most grateful for the initial check that do films.’ I don’t know. Perhaps that is inter- “If I go too long a period without doing one, I had to drop out of [because of ‘The Sopra- On Sunday, the Brooklyn Arts Council presents a nos’], but I really feel like it’s time.” free marathon of folk dance featuring the borough’s own nimble artists. For four hours, dancers will move More than Carmela across Brooklyn Col- Although clearly disappointed she was not lege’s Whitman Theater able to star in the play, Falco is not wanting stage; among the dozen Martini’s stirred by ‘Sopranos’ victory for work these days. Currently shooting the pieces on the program sixth and final season of “The Sopranos” at will be Panamanian so- For Bay Ridge actor Lou ni will be seen playing rals and co-starred in the off-Broadway play, Silvercup Studios in Queens, the Manhattan cial dances such as the Martini Jr., the 14th time was the Anthony Infante, brother- “Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding.” resident is also juggling mothering her 1-year- “cumbia” and “punta” by charm. in-law of New York boss “Anthony is a legitimate businessman, old adopted son, Anderson, with completing Conjunto Nuevo Milenio The 96th Street resident told Johnny “Sack” Sacri- who is maybe one of those guys who is her promotional duties for her latest movie. (pictured); Brooklyn up- GO Brooklyn he auditioned for moni (Vincent Curatola). caught up in the wrong place at the wrong Based on the Richard Price novel, direct- rocking by Ralph Casa- parts on “The Sopranos” 13 “I got a couple of time and he is very loyal to his brother-in- ed by Joe Roth and shot in Yonkers and Stat- nova a.k.a. “King Up- times before he nabbed a recur- episodes out of it. That’s law. So, I think what they liked about me en Island, “Freedomland” is about a white rock”; West African ring role on the acclaimed HBO cool, so we’ll see what was they didn’t want a tough-guy for his woman (played by Julianne Moore) who ig- stilt-walking with Vado mob drama. happens,” he said, not- role, especially one of those fake TV nites racial controversy after wandering into Diomande; and Israeli folk dance by Paraparim. “I was 0 for 13,” said Martini ing he has lines in tough-guys,” said the Queens native. “I a hospital, claiming she was carjacked by a Audience members who find the performances (pictured), whose first acting job episodes 1 and 2 and think that’s what got me the role. I think black man near low-income projects in New inspiring can learn the tricks of the trade at free was a small part in the classic will be seen, but not Anthony is a likeable guy, and he is just Jersey, while her 4-year-old son was asleep “Folk Feet Dance Workshops” — featuring Puerto 1972 film, “The Godfather.” (His heard, in “a big family trying to do the best he can for Johnny in the back seat. Rican bomba, American square dance, Ivory Coast father was originally cast as Luca Brasi in the wedding type thing.” while Johnny is in prison.” Samuel L. Jackson plays the detective in- dance and Polish American folk dance — at the movie, but fell ill and had to be replaced.) “My really nice episode is episode 10, Asked if Anthony will become acting vestigating the perplexing case, which might Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch in Grand “You’re torn up about it; you get all these where I have four scenes,” he revealed. boss of the Lupertazzi family, angering not be all it is cracked up to be, while Falco Army Plaza on March 5, from 1 to 5 pm. auditions and you don’t get the job, but then So, given the show’s legendary confi- captain Phil Leotardo, Martini scoffed: portrays the leader of a group of volunteers Brooklyn Arts Council’s “Folk Feet: Celebrating you think the positive side of it is that they dentiality requirements, what can Martini “That’s one of those Internet things. It’s just searching for the missing boy. Traditional Dance in Brooklyn” will be performed keep calling you back,” said Martini. “I say about playing Infante? rumors. That was one of the stories that “I was not a mom yet when I got the on Feb. 26, from 2 to 6 pm, at Brooklyn College’s guess, finally, they found the right fit with “Anthony is not a mobster,” noted the ac- there was going to be a power struggle be- role,” said Falco. “If I had been further into Whitman Theater (one block from the junction of this character.” tor who was a regular on TV’s “Falcone,” tween me and Phil Leotardo, but that was motherhood, I don’t know if I could have Flatbush and Nostrand avenues in Midwood). For In the show’s sixth and final season, Marti- appeared on all the “Law & Order” procedu- strictly a rumor.” — Karen Butler done this. It might have been too intense.” information, call (718) 625-0080 or visit the Web See FALCO on page 10 site at www.brooklynartscouncil.org. — LJC
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128 Smith St. at Dean Street, (718) 923-0918 Greenhood / Aaron (AmEx) Entrees: $12.95-$17.95. Look for the vertical maroon-and-white sign of a motorcyclist to find this French bistro offering a spacious dining room and bar area (big enough for a foosball table by the entrance). Brothers Christophe and Jacques Forgeois opened Bar Yum & Yang Tabac, in February 2001, with a dinner menu fea- Papers file The Brooklyn turing shell steak, tuna steak, salmon and lamb The rib eye steak at Pane e Vino. shank. Manager Frank Alexander especially rec- Bay Ridge’s new Japanese- ommends their mussels, and “moules mariniere” is just the beginning. There’s mussels Provençale, Pane e Vino with tomatoes and herbs; Dijonaise, with cream 174 Smith St. between Bergen and Warren fusion eatery, starring chef and mustard; and the Thai mussels with coconut, streets (718) 501-1010 (Cash only) Entrees: lemon and red pepper are “delicious,” boasts $8.95-$14.95. Alexander. Top it off with one of the Chef Louis Executive chef Andrea Borio’s Northern Italian Andy Yang, is ichiban! Pinoza’s “diet busters”: creme brulee or flourless fare is served in a “cozy-yet-elegant” restaurant chocolate cake. Open into the early morning with a patio dining area that GO Brooklyn’s Tina hours, Bar Tabac is a haven for late-night noshers. Barry says will remind you of “an outdoor tratto- By Tina Barry ality. The upstairs is a modern room that They’re also open for lunch and weekend brunch, ria in Italy.” The friendly staff at Pane e Vino — for- for The Brooklyn Papers 10 am to 4 pm, with a drink menu of refreshing merly known as Cibo e Gente — are happy to is sophisticated yet casual. Diners sit tonics like the Monaco (grenadine, Sprite and guide you in choosing wines. For appetizers, upon gray velvet banquettes; the tables beer) or Tango (grenadine and beer). Enjoy live Barry recommends the shrimp in lemon sauce ike many New Yorkers, I eat out are white and set with simple bamboo music during Sunday brunch as well as on with arugula, and the beef carpaccio with pecori- often. Over the past few years, I’ve mats; and panels of frosted glass hang Monday and Tuesday nights, and a DJ on no cheese, truffle oil, arugula and black olives. For had countless good meals and a along one wall. There is a sushi bar at the Mango / Greg Wednesdays. Sidewalk seating available, weather dinner, Barry suggests the rib eye steak with L permitting. Open daily for lunch and dinner. porcini mushrooms, served with unadulterated handful that I’d deem great. Only my end of the room where patrons can watch mashed potatoes and spinach sauteed with garlic. recent dinner at Nouvelle, a “French- the chefs perform their slice and roll Downtown Atlantic Chef Borio’s lasagne, boasts waiter Fabio Asian fusion” restaurant in Bay Ridge, dance. Later in the evening, the room Szczypior-Di Fiori, is the “best in New York.” For qualifies as extraordinary. hums with an energetic buzz of conversa- 364 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street, dessert, says Barry, the pear poached in Barolo Papers The Brooklyn www.downtownatlantic.com (718) 852-9945, wine, over a scoop of vanilla ice cream, is a The chef of this remarkable eatery is tion that never reaches a din. ‘Mission’ possible: (Above left) Nouvelle chef-owner Andy Yang in his Bay (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$22. Andy Yang. Before opening Nouvelle Downstairs has the ambience of a “refined dish” with a whisper of cinnamon. Ridge restaurant’s sushi bar. (Above) Yang’s “Mission 06,” an assortment The decor of the restaurant run by husband-and- Brunch is available on weekends from 11 am to 5 in September, Yang was the executive lounge with moodier lighting, a glowing wife team Kurt and Suzanne Sippel certainly is pm for $9.95 with wine or a cocktail. Special three chef at Nobu in Los Angeles, one of the wall of glass shelves that hold a red-lit of sushi, is topped with lobster salad and a quail egg. “classic style with a modern twist” as it says on wine, four-course theme dinners are offered their menu. For dinner, there’s “bucatini al ragout monthly, featuring live music and a celebrity chef restaurants owned display of sake bot- d’agnello” (long pasta tubes tossed with a slow- serving up ethnic specialties from across the by the famous tles, and a bar “cooked” in citrus juice) made of Alaskan this dish, because it sounds like one of simmered lamb ragout) and much more. globe. This evening is $25-$30 per person and Nobu Matsuhisa, DINING manned by a bar- red crab, squid, octopus and fluke, given those silly concoctions that give fusion Downtown Atlantic even has their own bakery reservations are suggested. The restaurant is who has three tender who delivers crunch with fine slivers of red onion and cooking a bad name: “crabmeat pizza.” where you can sample one of Suzanne’s cupcakes, open for dinner daily. Nobu eateries in Nouvelle (8716 Third Ave. between a smooth, icy cold cucumber. Tiny cubes of mango lends His base is a lightly grilled tortilla round generously topped with an elaborate buttercream 87th and 88th streets in Bay Ridge) ac- frosting and coconut shavings or a blueberry Restaurant Saul Manhattan. Yang cepts American Express, Discover, Mas- martini. The best is their musky cinnamon quality while spread with a thin layer of well-spiced crumb tart. Specials include half soup, sandwich is considered the terCard and Visa. Entrees: $12-$15. the litchi. (The gin- cilantro adds a fresh note. Yang serves the guacamole. Over that are lightly cooked “Omikase” is $50 for five courses. The and soft drink for lunch for $10; and a three- 140 Smith St. at Bergen Street, www. saulrestau- “finest sushi chef ger is enjoyable, mix in a small square and splashes it with pieces of sweet king crab meat. Yellow rant.com (718) 935-9844 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily. course, $25 prix fixe dinner Tuesday to Thursday. in the world” by For reservations, call (718) 238-8250. but a touch too “yuzu” juice (a Japanese fruit similar to chili paste sprinkled with chives adds Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday to Friday, and Visa) Entrees: $26-$30. dinner and brunch (beginning at 11 am) on week- Named after its chef-owner, Saul Bolton, this none other than sweet.) an orange) given spice with black pepper, zest to the plate. It’s a far-reaching ends. restaurant has been featuring creative and tempt- “Iron Chef” Ma- Of all the beguil- garlic and ginger. It sounds fussy, but melange of ingredients that should sink ing appetizers such as the smoky seafood chow- sahuru Morimoto, who was a fan of ing dishes Yang served during my dinner there isn’t a discordant note. like the Titanic, but are absolutely, deli- der, a creamy soup with scallops, oysters and Yang’s cooking when Yang was the ex- there, the most memorable is the “Mis- And, like all of Yang’s carefully plat- ciously right. Gravy bacon lardons, since 1999. Entrees include 102-104 Smith St. at Pacific Street, (718) 935- Broken Arrow Ranch Axis venison with roasted ecutive chef at Hutsuhana, a stellar sion 06.” Yang begins with pieces of raw ed dishes, the ceviche is a beauty. A red Two rolls bare the Yang stamp: one 1294 (Cash only) Entrees: $10-$17. wild mushrooms and ginger-pear chutney with Japanese restaurant in Chicago. tuna, yellowtail salmon, striped bass and rose petal crowns the disc. features lobster with the rice swapped When Jim Mamary and Alan Harding renovated cardamom-scented cashew puree; and roasted Yang owns Koo in Connecticut, and Spanish mackerel molded into a leaf Yang serves shrimp tempura with a for crisply fried phyllo dough. It’s gen- the derelict building that adjoins Pacifico and La organic California squab with parsnip puree, is about to launch Yang on Staten Is- shape. He layers the “flower” with a thin coating so thin it’s almost transparent. erously filled with shellfish, Asian bean Rosa and Sons, two restaurants they own at the Anson Mills faro (a wheat-like grain) and baby spinach. For dessert, manager Bernard Bunye land. His partner in his Brooklyn ven- icing of black caviar, then crowns it with Each shellfish is drizzled with two sprouts and mango. There is crunch, corner of Pacific and Smith Streets, they wanted ture is Jenny Nguyen, who serves as a a small quail egg topped by a mound of sauces: Japanese white radish, soy sweetness and the richness of lobster in to create a retro-’50s restaurant that recalls the recommends the pine-nut tart with rosemary- look of an old fashioned diner. They used blue- scented chestnut honey ice cream. Dinner served gentle presence in the front of the lobster salad. The fish base is subtle; the sauce and sweet plum wine, and a soft every bite. green tilework on the floor and red upholstery on daily. Sunday through Friday, a three-course, $30 house. shellfish is mixed with a touch of chili orange-colored blend of “yuzu” and yo- The “Nouvelle roll” contains aspara- the seats; the little booths are lit with authentic prix fixe dinner is available. You can call Nouvelle a Japanese paste so there’s a bit of heat without los- gurt. Both are terrific. gus, tuna, king crab and mango. Instead period lighting fixtures for a nostalgic feel. restaurant and be correct. There are all the ing its inherent sweetness; and that egg So were rare, seared tuna slices com- of the grain coating, Yang uses rice pa- Manager Liesl Guttridge says that the most popu- Taku traditional dishes of Japan — miso soup, drips over the works, making each bite plemented by a mix of lettuces tossed in per that lightens the flavor. The roll is lar menu items tend to be the chicken fried steak, 116 Smith St. at Dean Street, (718) 488-6269, sushi and sashimi — and they’re wonder- taste creamy. a spicy onion dressing. swiped through a sauce of honey, Monte Cristo or turkey meatloaf. The iceberg www.taku-ny.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $14- wedge with bacon and blue cheese is a favorite $25. ful. Yang has fish delivered daily from a There’s a cold, crisp ceviche (raw fish I’m reluctant to mention the name of cilantro and ginger that could be cloy- salad. Taku’s green-gray walls produce a serene vibe Japanese market, so anything you con- ing, but has only a tinge of sweetness. Daily blue plate specials like fried chicken, black- that is perfectly appropriate for the Japanese- sume there is top grade, sushi-quality Not a big fish eater? You’ll be wowed ened catfish with hushpuppies and coleslaw, or influenced cooking of chef and co-owner Adam fresh. There are Thai soups and curries by his rib eye steak. He serves three large prime rib are always popular, says Guttridge. Shepard, who opened the restaurant in May. He too, so a meal can be based on that cui- pieces, rare and smoky from the grill, recommends the deep-fried chicken wings, There are milkshakes and sodas, and a full bar, sine if that’s what you crave. with perfect plate mates: a little fried roll too. The back opens onto a garden in warmer brined in the juice from the sour citrus fruit, weather. Open everyday for breakfast lunch and “yuzu,” made spicy with “sriracha” (chile and gar- But, the best way to experience Nou- filled with nutty mashed taro root and a dinner, and brunch on weekends. lic) dressing and served with a sour cream and velle is the “omikase,” or chef’s choice, a disc of taro root that’s fried like a potato cucumber dipping sauce. tasting menu of five courses. (Plates can pancake. Both soak up the beef’s jus but La Rosa and Sons The “taku ramen,” a “very popular” dish, says be added at an additional charge.) With remain slightly chewy. Shepard, is braised Brookshire pork in broth with the “omikase,” you’ll sample Yang’s per- The real celebrity of this four-star plate 98 Smith St. at Pacific Street, (718) 935-0545 “gobu” noodles and grilled smoky bacon. The (Cash only) Entrees: $8.75-$10.50; large cheese grass-fed Brookshire pork loin with “daikon” sonal style of Asian fusion cooking. is the wild mushroom sauce deepened pizza: $12.75. (braised Asian radish); or the Angus hanger steak “I use up to four kinds of cuisines in with wine and truffle paste. I could eat it Schnack owners Jim Mamary and Alan Harding with roasted mushrooms, tempura onion rings one dish,” he says. “I want everything I by the bowlful. have teamed up again to open La Rosa and Sons and shallot teriyaki sauce are also good eats, cook to be healthy and exciting.” We were too full to partake of the — a local pizza joint where you can sit down and according to Shepard. For dessert, he suggests enjoy a bottle of wine just as easily as you can their housemade citrus parfait. Exciting it is. desserts. “Tokyo pie” with a phyllo crust grab a slice to go. It adjoins two of the partners’ There is seasonal garden seating and reservations Even dishes that blend Mexican and and mixed tropical fruits, and the “bam- other restaurants: Pacific Street-fronting Pacifico are recommended all year round. Open for din- Japanese ingredients that, in the wrong Mango / Greg boo cheesecake” that, Yang says, is “not and a new diner, Gravy. In addition to sandwiches, ner, Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Mondays. hands, could add up to unseemly pairings as heavy and sweet as the American ver- calzones and pizza, the restaurant offers sumptu- (eel burrito anyone?) taste light, balanced sion,” have a similar cross-cultural theme. ous fare like baked rigatoni with escarole and white beans in a veal ragout. Right now, all cheese Zoila and utterly unforced. When you leave Nouvelle, you’ll feel slices are $2. Open daily for lunch and dinner. 73 Hoyt St. at Atlantic Avenue, (718) 596-5438 The environment Yang and Nguyen lucky that you paid about a third of what (Cash only) Entrees: $4.75-$6.95. have created is tailor-made to echo his Papers The Brooklyn a meal like this would cost at Nobu — Pacifico Owner Martha Johnson wants her customers to menu’s contemporary bent. There are two Refreshing citrus flavor: Yang’s seafood ceviche is a salad of shrimp, oc- and that you have the experience of forget that they are at a restaurant when they dining levels, each with a distinct person- topus, scallions, tomatoes and cilantro in a “yuzu” sauce. Yang’s dishes to savor. 269 Pacific St. at Smith Street, (718) 935-9090 come to Zoila. (Cash only) Entrees: $6-$13. “I want people to feel like coming home,” says Pacifico serves authentic Mexican food with a hip, Johnson. For those of us accustomed to the size yet reverential attitude. Opened by Jim Mamary of New York apartments, the bright room with and Alan Harding, Pacifico’s inventive menu offers only one counter and three chairs might truly feel a charred shrimp and tortilla stack with corn like home. mango salsa, steamed mussels with beer and ser- Tag ine days rano chilis and pulled beef tacos with olive sauce. Johnson serves what she calls “new American According to chef Dan Hall, diners are “flocking in food” — Latin, Asian and Mediterranean-influ- For some, a pot of chicken soup aplomb. to rave about” the beer-braised ribs with chipotle enced soups, salads and sandwiches. Johnson recommends sampling her most popular sand- chases away the winter blues. There’s the house specialty: the chili glaze, and the margaritas are the “best in For others, only a plate of crusty- tagine, a lusty meat or fish stew served town.” There are revolving specials nightly, like wiches: the prosciutto di Parma with manchego chicken fajitas or the “gringo taco” stuffed with cheese and basil pesto on Tuscan bread, or mari- topped macaroni and cheese will do. inside a conical clay pot. She offers beef. The interior should be marveled at — nated artichokes with roasted peppers, goat And then there are the tagine lovers, couscous dishes, and of course, baklava. between the wood floors, roaring fireplace (in cheese, romaine lettuce and a drizzle of olive oil. who can’t get through the season with- Middle Eastern choices include winter), votive candles and walls covered by Or opt for her new BBQ roast beef sandwich with out lifting the clay lid off one of those spinach pies, all the wonderful salads Mexican tiles, Pacifico could be a proper hacien- charred cheddar, caramelized onions, lettuce, da if it only had burros tethered outside. All- tomatoes and horseradish aioli on sourdough stews and breathing in the meaty, spicy and dips like the smoked eggplant weather outdoor seating is available on the baguette. aroma. For them, there is Marrakech spread, baba ghanoush, and hummus, enclosed patio. Open for lunch and dinner Friday For some Mediterranean flavor, try the “mezze” Moroccan & Mediterranean, a new the chickpea dip served with warm pita through Sunday; dinner served every night. plate, “our biggest seller,” according to Johnson, restaurant that specializes in Middle bread. a combination of hummus, pesto orzo, feta Eastern and Moroccan fare. The restaurant doesn’t have a liquor cheese and stuffed grape leaves served with pita The chef and co-owner of this Cob- license, so BYOB; there’s no corking = Full review available at bread or a light fruit yogurt parfait. Open Mondays through Saturdays for breakfast, lunch ble Hill newcomer, which opened in fee. and dinner till 7 pm. Closed Sundays. November, is Bahija Elnourabit (pic- Marrakech Moroccan & Mediter- tured), who can’t serve a huge crowd ranean (144 Hicks St. between Union Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants with just six tables, but is already do- and President streets in Carroll Gar-
in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not Callan / Tom ing a brisk takeout business. In her ro- dens) accepts cash only. Entrees: comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to mantic Hicks Street digs, where an or- $10-$16. The restaurant serves lunch Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, nate carpet hangs on one brick-colored and dinner daily. Take out available Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via wall, rustic red tiles cover the floor in surrounding neighborhoods. For e-mail at [email protected]. and candles flicker on the tables, she more information, call (718) 855-
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hen you’re filming a documen- tary in Brooklyn, anything can Whappen. Just ask French filmmaker Michel Gondry, who set out to shoot his new music and comedy concert film, “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party,” on the streets of Bed-Stuy and unexpectedly captured one of music history’s most hotly antic- ipated on-stage reunions, an event wit- nessed first-hand by thousands of exu- berant Brooklynites. Filmed in 2004, “Block Party” opens in theaters as Chappelle is still trying to explain why he walked away from his Hip-hop hoopla: “Dave Chappelle’s hit TV show and a $50-million contract Block Party” documentary, which to shoot future episodes. The movie filmed performances by the comedian documents a free 2004 block party on (right) and a star-studded lineup of mu- Quincy and Downing streets, where sicians in Bedford-Stuyvesant in 2004, Chappelle presents all-new comedy hits theaters on March 3. (Above) material in between sets performed by Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, “Block Party” director Michel Gondry. Common, Dead Prez, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, The Roots and Big Daddy Kane less cinematic, particularly when the 32- decide to stage the “Block Party” in the to see them, connecting with the com- and appearances by the Brooklyn Step- year-old funnyman returned to his Borough of Kings? munity made the comedy and music pers marching band, Ohio’s Central hometown in Ohio to invite some locals “[The decision] was one of my first event a much larger experience, he State University marching band and to party with him in Brooklyn. contributions to the project,” said added. Andre Smith, a rapping waiter from Ju- “When we went to Ohio with Dave, Gondry. “They initially suggested we “By coincidence, [slain Brooklyn nior’s Restaurant. we thought there would be a riot, be- do something huge in Central Park, and rapper] Biggie Smalls had been in this Most notably, cause I saw him I said it wouldn’t do justice to the music daycare center [we visited] when he however, the party in the streets of and it wouldn’t matter to the people was a kid,” said the director. “It was included the first CINEMA Brooklyn and who lived there. If you do a movie with amazing to find that out …This street of performance in everyone came out all these artists, you bring a spotlight to Brooklyn was chosen by Dave because “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party” seven years by the opens in theaters on March 3. of everywhere a place. So, you might as well use a he knew a lot of people from hip-hop popular hip-hop/ “Chappelle’s Show” airs every night asking for auto- place where it matters to the people. came from this area…It was the perfect reggae group, the at 9 pm on Comedy Central. The new, graphs and going “But here on the streets of Bed-Stuy, background and was representative of third season is slated to begin broadcast- Fugees. ing this spring. crazy,” he re- in this little area, it meant a lot,” he con- hip-hop itself.” “It was really called. “And we tinued. “People were so happy and were Of course, not everyone in the area is exciting,” said went to Ohio, so welcoming to us. a fan of block parties or hip-hop and that 211 Fifth Avenue Gondry, an award-winning director of where he lives, and people just nicely “Except for the Salvation Army. For had to be dealt with, too, he said. For ex- (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE commercials and music videos, who also say ‘hello’ to him. They don’t go crazy, some reason, they didn’t like us after a ample, senior couple Arthur and Cynthia earned great acclaim for helming the which is why he likes to be there…Peo- while.” Wood, who lived behind the show’s Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-8pm, Sun, 12-8pm 2004 memory-erasing romance, “Eternal ple were really relaxed about it, but not When another journalist sarcastically stage, needed a bit of convincing. Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” much was happening, and I was con- wondered aloud, “Now, why would that “We went to talk to them and she www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 “It taught me a lot,” he told GO cerned I was just burning film.” be?” Gondry replied, “You say that with was like, ‘The day of the concert, I’m Brooklyn. “I was completely open- In addition to all of the talent on- irony, but do you think you have an in- going to take a plane and go on the oth- minded. I said to Dave: ‘OK, wherever stage, Gondry credits the Brooklynites sight?” er side of America because of all this we go, we don’t know what’s going to who attended the event for helping to Standing firm, the reporter opined noise,’ ” Gondry remembered. “But happen and that’s the concept of a doc- create the film’s extraordinary energy. that maybe the charity thought Chap- then when she met Dave, that all umentary. We are going to capture “We found heroes in the most unlike- pelle’s profanity-laced comedy might changed, and they became participants whatever happens.’ ” ly places,” the director explained. conflict with the notion of salvation. of the concert. While the Fugees reunion was an ex- “When we went into Junior’s, we meet “It’s a very good thing that you said “That’s one of the good things about ample of a great, unplanned moment in this waiter who just starts to rhyme, and that,” Gondry said, admitting he hadn’t Dave. People like him so much, he can the film, Gondry admits there were oth- it becomes a high point of the movie.” considered the possibility. swear all he wants and people still like er times during production that proved So, why did Gondry and Chappelle Still, even if everyone wasn’t happy him and he brings people together.”
and the Jet Set, 8 pm, Shrine for the Black Madonna, 9 pm, Dragons of Zynth, 10 pm, BROOKLYN $5, (Frontroom) From Brooklyn to the Bayou, a benefit for New Orleans musicians featuring Brother Reverend, Dirty Magazine, The Kane Brothers, 100% Pro- phets, and more, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; Feb. 27: Smut, 8 pm, FREE; March 2: (Following the South American Nightlife Film Festival screenings) Brazilian After Party featuring Forro in the Dark and more, Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan 10:30 pm, $TBD; March 3: Heekin, 10 pm, FREE. The Backroom jects, 8 pm, $8, Kris Davis Quartet, 10 pm, $8; March 2: Brazilian Acoustic Ensemble, 8 Good (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at pm, $8 suggested donation, Rachelle Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) Garniez, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Coffeehouse 622-7035, www.freddysbackroom.com. March 3: Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, and Feb. 25: Mardi Gras Gumbo Fundraiser (to Anthony Burr (clarinet trio), 7 pm, $8 sug- Music Parlor benefit New Orleans restaurants), 4 pm, gested donation, Banning Eyre, 8 pm, $8 At Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Rachel Kershenbaum, 9:30 pm, Basement suggested donation, The Jack Grace Band, Prospect Park West at Second Street in Band, 10:30 pm, Gift Shop, 11:30 pm, Improv troupe Gertrude will perform at the Brooklyn 10 pm, $8 suggested donation. Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. FREE; Feb. 26: Pub Quiz, 9 pm, FREE; Feb. Lyceum on March 4. March 3: Patrick Wictor and Tim Grimm, 8 27: Open mic, 9:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 28: pm, $10 adults, $6 children. Fusion Collective, 9:30 pm, FREE. The Brooklyn 28: Aja’s (a.k.a. Cirrah) bringing the spirit of Tuesdays: Jazz series with Todd Neufeld Lyceum New Orleans to Brooklyn with DJs Mark and friends, 8 pm, $5 donation suggested; Hank’s Saloon BAM Cafe 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in James and Oriza, 8 pm, Miss Mo’ & Sugah Feb. 26: The Shrimps, 7 pm, $5 suggested 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Park Slope, (718) 398-7301, perform, 10 pm, $5. donation, Jason Reischel, 8 pm, $5 sug- Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.han- Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. www.gowanus.com. gested donation. kssaloon.com. Feb. 25: Oratai Ensemble, 9 pm, $10 March 3: “Gowanus Salon” — a den of Improvisational Sundays: Shotgun Shack, Sean Kershaw food/drink minimum; March 3: Western artists, writers, musicians, and other per- Europa Night and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Caravan, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum. formers, 10 pm, $5. Music Center Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Club Feb. 25: Mr. McGregor, 10 pm, Black Bar 4 Cattyshack Gowanus, (212) 631-5882, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Flamingo, 11 pm, Stark, midnight, FREE; www.schoolforimprov.org. in Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, Feb. 27: Live band Kuntry Karaoke with 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Rob Ryan and the Brooklyn Country All-Star Slope, (718) 832-9800. Feb. 25: Jim Black with Chris Speed and www.europaclub.com. Slope, (718) 230-5740, Band, 10 pm, FREE. Where I Play Feb. 26: Michael Cain with Pheeroan Aklaff, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Brad Shepik, 8 pm, $12. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Where I Live Nic Thys, Patrick Hay and Justin Keller, 8 Feb. 25: “Re:” - a benefit for the “Listen to Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 The Hook pm, 10 pm, $5 (includes both sets). the People” documentary about Hurricane Crossroads Cafe pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Where I Work Katrina victims featuring Olive Demetrius, 1241A Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place in pm; Feb. 26: Mardi Gras Celebration with Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.the- Naima Robinson, Blakbushe, Kalamu ya Windsor Terrace, (718) 972-1852, Barbes Jesse Selengut’s New Orleans style band, hookmusic.com. Salaam, and DJ Mark James, 9 pm, $7; Feb. www.cafe-crossroads.com. 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park 7:30 pm, $10 (FREE before 8 pm with stu- Feb. 25: Emergenza Festival with Every- Slope, (718) 965-9177, dent ID), Hawaiian Nights party, 10 pm, thing’s Ruined, 7:30 pm, AKA, 8 pm, The Pick- www.barbesbrooklyn.com. $TBD; March 3: Dzem, Time TBD, $40. Ups, 8:30 pm, Filthy Twolips, 9 pm, 7 Kings, Mondays: The Velmeers, 9:30 pm, FREE; 9:30 pm, Life’s Agenda, 10 pm, Rattrap Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Galapagos Bumpkin, 10:30 pm, P.R.Y.D.E., 11 pm, Wednesdays: “Night of the Ravished TALK TO US… Phoenix Rising, 11:30 pm, Top of da Hill, mid- PHOTO: LUCILLE FORNASIERI-GOLD, BEST PHOTOGRAPH, 2004 Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Feb. 25: Trio con Cuatro, 70 N. 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Told by a journalist she was nearly unrecognizable in the Maestro Michael Christie gives preview of film, the actress exclaimed, “That makes me so happy! “Seeing past Carmela may be a bit of a challenge, but I first season with Brooklyn Philharmonic also believe that if I go into a new role with the degree of commitment that you need, that the audience will come with By Kevin Filipski “He wrote a two-minute-long fanfare me,” said Falco. “But I know Carmela has been around for a for The Brooklyn Papers MUSIC to open the performance, which will be while now, so it’s a lot to ask. The fact that people might ac- fun,” Christie says of the Oscar-, Gram- tually have watched a little bit of this character, Karen, with- n Feb. 25, Brooklyn Philhar- The Brooklyn Philharmonic my-, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Mid- out comparing her to Tony’s wife makes me very happy.” opens its 2006 season on Feb. 25 at 8 monic’s artistic director, conduc- pm at the Brooklyn Academy of Mu- wood native. “We asked him to do it tor Michael Christie, and the or- sic Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave. at last September, and he turned it out Real to reel O Ashland Place in Fort Greene), playing chestra hit the ground running to open quickly. Its brassy sound is perfect for To prepare for the role, Falco spent time with Donna Cu- music of Stravinsky, Glass and Orff. their 52nd season in the Brooklyn Tickets for subscription concerts are an opening night celebration.” tugno, the Staten Island activist who was the inspiration for Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman $20-$60 and $10 for students; and Christie is also pleased to welcome her character. Although she initially feared the prospect, think- Opera House. tickets for Elvis Costello are $25-$80. back the University at Buffalo Chorus. ing this civilian would try to tell her how to play the part, Fal- For more information about the entire “We want to cover a number of season, call (718) 488-5913 or visit “[Chorus master] Harold [Rosen- co says it turned out to be a very positive experience. bases this season,” said the 31-year-old www.brooklynphilharmonic.org. baum] has had a very long relationship “I dutifully showed up at her house, and I found out she Christie about his first year at the helm with our orchestra, and we wanted his was just the best thing ever,” said Falco, pointing out this of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. “And group to join us for ‘Carmina,’ which is was the first time she played a character based on a real per- the opening concert covers all that’s dance [a lower Manhattan-based one of those classical pieces performed son. “She was just more than excited to have me there, and good at the Brooklyn Philharmonic. troupe] will present a newly-choreo- fairly regularly, but we wanted to do it she had a wealth of information to share with me. She was Our ongoing collaboration with [the graphed performance to Orff’s music.” in a slightly different context: orchestra thrilled we were making this movie. She was on the set all
Brooklyn Academy of Music] helps us The first evening’s program, “Sacred in the pit, percussion, piano, dancers Lois Greenfield the time and she never said a word if she wasn’t asked. But choose what we want to do, like pre- and Profane,” links two other works to and chorus onstage.” Michael Christie begins his first season leading the Brooklyn Philhar- when she was, she had tons of stuff to share.” senting music-theater works by contem- Orff’s cantata. monic on Saturday, Feb. 25 Falco says she felt right at home with Cutugno’s Italian- porary composers like John Adams and “We are also paying homage to one What’s next American sisters, big “Sopranos” fans who hoped they Osvaldo Golijov. So I thought that do- of the other great things about the Following the Feb. 25 opening- “A Tribute to Great Cities with Ute er Thea Musgrave’s “Harriet, the could ply her with food in exchange for hints about the ing another theatrical work would fit in Brooklyn Philharmonic and BAM — a night concert, don’t think that Christie Lemper.” She performs cabaret songs Woman Called Moses” suite, which show’s upcoming season. well and also be fun.” long collaboration with Philip Glass,” and the orchestra settle down to the alongside several instrumental works tells the stirring tale of Harriet Tubman Of course, the tight-lipped Falco disappointed them. Christie is referring to Carl Orff’s Christie offers. “‘Hymn to Aten’ from tried-and-true; on the contrary, each about the world’s greatest cities, like and the Underground Railroad. So, what did she take away from the experience of acting cantata, “Carmina Burana,” one of the his opera ‘Akhnaten’ refers back to concert continues the Brooklyn Phil- Bernstein’s infectious “On the Town.” He looks on this season as a build- in a big Hollywood thriller? most famous works ever composed, if Egyptian mythology, and I like the con- harmonic tradition of looking at fa- For Christie, bringing Lemper back ing block and a educational experi- “I’ve gotten so comfortable in my ‘Sopranos’ world with only for its opening movement, which nection with Orff’s medieval story. miliar music in a new way. The April was a no-brainer: ence, for the orchestra as well as the the actors and the crew people, and we’ve created quite a everyone who has ever seen TV com- “In a quasi-religious sense, ‘Carmina 1 concert, for example, pairs an or- “We invited Ute back because she’s audience. safe environment for each other, so it makes it very easy to mercials is familiar with. But “Carmi- Burana’ is a musical jest in its mix of chestration of one of Dmitri Shosta- a huge success with our musicians and “It’s been very interesting learning do my job,” said Falco. “So I didn’t know going into [‘Free- na” — an hour-long choral work that the secular and sacred, so I thought of kovich’s most personal works (his our audience,” said Christie. about the orchestra’s long and robust domland’] with these movie stars and Joe Roth and Scott accumulates its musical power as it the Russian Orthodox element in eighth string quartet) with Mozart’s The night after a special May 12 history,” says Christie. “We’ll gauge Rudin and all these names I’d heard as a struggling actor…I goes along — is much more than just Stravinsky’s ‘Symphonies of Wind In- infrequently heard incidental music to non-subscription concert, conducted the audience’s reaction to our pro- didn’t know if I would be able to go in and do the job I’d an advertising jingle. struments,’ which is based on a real or- the play “King Thamos.” by Alan Broadbent and featuring Elvis grams, and see if it’s time for another hoped I’d be able to do. “I was interested that composers thodox chant,” the conductor continues. “That came about in order for us to Costello’s music, the Philharmonic’s paradigm shift. “I found that underneath all my nonsensical chatter about have written famous works for ballet “We crafted a theatrical event [for this honor Shostakovich on his 100th subscription season ends with Chelsea “I want the Brooklyn Philharmonic that kind of thing in my head, I can still focus on what has that transfer into the concert hall, then concert] and several other elements birthday and Mozart on his 250th,” Tipton II conducting a program enti- to be a destination, an event for people. to get done,” concluded Falco. “At the end of the day, I are rarely seen as they’re conceived. started blossoming on their own.” Christie notes. tled “Freedom!” Bernstein’s First And I want to understand what audi- thought: ‘No, I think that’s it. I think that’s what I wanted to ‘Carmina’ is certainly one of those,” One of those elements is a world pre- On April 22, German chanteuse Symphony (“Jeremiah”) is paired with ences want to hear when they come. I get at in the scene.’ That I’m able to put aside some of that Christie says. “And nicholasleichter- miere by composer John Corigliano. Ute Lemper returns to Brooklyn for the world premiere of British compos- really can’t wait to start performing.” other stuff and still do the work, is meaningful to me.”
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(718) BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Man in RECEPTION: Mark Morris Dance park at Ocean Avenue at Lincoln seniors. 3 pm and 8 pm. 2445 788-3306. the Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi Road. (718) 965-8999. OUTDOORS AND TOURS Teshigahara.” Today: “Antonio Group hosts a reception for “Mark Bath Ave. (718) 996- 4800. TASTING: LeNell’s Ltd. hosts a talk ECO-CRUISE: NYC Audubon Society Gaudi” (1984). $10. 7:30 pm and Morris: Portraits.” 7 pm to 9 pm. 3 ICE SKATING: at Wollman Rink in Pros- GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Side about Tom Bullock, an African offers a tour of the New York 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) Lafayette Ave. (718) 624-8400. Free. pect Park. Sessions at 2 pm to 6 pm Show,” a musical inspired by the American bartender. Pick up copies Harbor. Learn about winter birds and 7 pm to 10 pm. $5, $3 chil- true story of conjoined twins, of his cocktail recipes. Try wines 777-FILM. www.bam.org. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE: Perfor- mance by Neal Medlyn: Superstar of the Lower Bay region. $45, $20 dren and seniors. $5 skate rental. Daisy and Violet Hilton. $15, $12 from California’s Mac McDonald RECEPTION: Safe-T-Gallery presents children 12 and younger. 11 am to Enter the park at Ocean Avenue children and seniors. 8 pm. 199 Vision Cellars, a Black winemaker. “Salvaged,” works by Valeri Larko. Duets. $12. 8 pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (212) 868-4444. 1 pm. Meet at South Street sea- at Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. 14th St. (212) 352-3101. Noon to midnight. 416 Van Brunt Also, “Jersey Run,” by documen- port, Pier 17, lower Manhattan. URBAN RANGER WALK: Learn THEATER: Ailanthus Theater Co. St. (718) 360-0838. Free. tary photographer Tom Sullens. 6 GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Patrick (212) 742-1969. Wictor and Tim Grimm play the about the history of Fort Greene presents Lanford Wilson’s “Sympa- EXHIBIT: Brooklyn Public Library’s Cen- pm to 8 pm. 111 Front St. (718) LOST THEATERS OF BROOKLYN: Park. Ranger-led walk discusses blues. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. Brook- thetic Magic.” $15. 8 pm. St. Ann’s tral branch presents “When Wo- 782-5920. Free. Theater historian Cezar Del Valle the 148-foot fort’s role in the Rev- lyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Church, 157 Montague St. (212) men Pursue Justice.” 1 pm. Grand SEMINAR: Boricua College Small leads a tour to highlight the sites olutionary War and the prisoners Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. 352-3101. Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Business Development Center and remains of legit theaters, of war who are entombed in a PLAY: The Debate Society presents DISCUSSION: NYC culture critic Vir- offers a talk on building construc- SALON: GOWANUS: Participants vault. 1 pm. Meet at Visitor’s Cen- vaudeville stages, burlesque hous- “The Snow Hen,” a play based on ginia Hefferman leads a talk about tion and home improvement con- show work-in-progress. Sign up to es and movie palaces in Downtown ter, Myrtle Avenue and Washing- show your stuff. $5. 10 pm. Brook- a 14th century Norwegian folk-tale George Eliot’s “Daniel Deronda.” tractors. 6 pm to 8 pm. 175 Brooklyn. $11, $9 Brooklyn Center ton Park. Call 311. Free. lyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Ave. (718) inspired by the Black Death. $15. 1:15 pm. Kane Street Synagogue, Following a Feb. 27 screening of the film “Smoke” (with Remsen St. Call to register. (718) for the Urban Environment mem- WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence 857-4816. 8 pm. Charlie Pineapple Theater, 236 Kane St. (718) 875-1550. Free. William Hurt and Harvey Keitel, pictured), Park Slope author 963-4112 ext. 563. Free. bers, $8 seniors and students. hosts his Metro Tour Service, tak- 248B N. Eighth St. (212) 352-3101. ARTIST TALK: Brooklyn Museum KIDS CAFE: Dancewave hosts a ben- NEXT WAVE: Cate Blanchett in Noon to 2 pm. Meet in front of ing a walk through Fort Greene, GALAPAGOS: presents “Point Break offers a talk with mixed media Paul Auster will chat about his screenplay and new book, “The efit concert. 7:30 pm. Kumble “Hedda Gabler.” 7:30 pm. See Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. Live!” a stage adaptation of the artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robin- Theater, Long Island University, Sat., March 4. Lafayette Ave. (718) 788-8500. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Brooklyn Follies,” with fellow Brooklyn scribe Jonathan Lethem. 1992 Keanu Reeves movie. $12. son. $8, $4 students and seniors, Flatbush and DeKalb avenues. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music. 7:30 WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 8:30 pm. 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 782- free for children age 12 and Call for ticket info. (718) 488-1624. pm. See Thurs., March 2. Adams St. (718) 789-0430. hosts his Metro Tour Service, tak- 5188. younger. 3 pm. 200 Eastern Park- BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- GALLERY PLAYERS: “Side Show.” 8 ing a walk through Fort Greene, way. (718) 501-6331. Stratosphere” (1952). 4 pm. 485 Tom Brazil. 7 pm to 9 pm. 3 Lafa- cert: “Songs and Dance,” featur- pm. See Sat., March 4. PERFORMANCE Dean St. (718) 622-7053. Free. yette Ave. (718) 624-8400. Free. Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. CHILDREN BAMCINEMATEK: “Man in the ing a program of works by Beet- RYAN REPERTORY: “Getting Off in $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Mar- BRIC THEATER: Act Now Foundation RUN AROUND: Brooklyn Lyceum Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi Teshi- CONVERSATION SERIES: Brooklyn AUDITION: Narrows Community hoven, Schumann, De Falla, Bar- Brooklyn.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 4. riott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams presents its series of “Mono Rail,” opens up its theater stage for a gahara” series. Today: “Antonio Arts Exchange offers a talk “What Theater holds auditions for tok, Paganini and Prutsman. $35, St. (718) 789-0430. a monologue jam. $15. 8 pm. 57 WOMEN’S FEST: “Cheeky Woman/ “Kid Runaround.” Bring your kid in Gaudi” (1984). $10. 2:30 pm, 4:30 About Spirituality?” Families are “Mame.” Call for appointment. $30 seniors, $25 students. 7:30 Trouble Makin’ Lady.” 8 pm. See Rockwell Place. (212) 414-5144. invited to hear Jewish, Christian (718) 482-3173. URBAN RANGER WALK: Learn about to burn off some winter energy. 10 pm, 6:15 pm, 8 pm and 9:40 pm. pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Sat., March 4. the history of Fort Greene Park. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- and non-denominational clergy in am to 2 pm. Food is available. 227 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. Fulton Street at the East River. Ranger-led walk discusses the cert of Mozart and Beethoven. a platform discussion. $5. 6 pm. PLAY: “Is There Life After High Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. www.bam.org. (718) 624-2083. School?” 8 pm. See Sat., March 4. 148-foot fort’s role in the Revolu- $35, $30 seniors, $25 students. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. UES EB BARNES AND NOBLE: Stories and T , F 28 NEXT WAVE: Cate Blanchett in ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The tionary War and the prisoners of 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, activity sheets. 11 am. 106 Court READING: Night and Day Restaurant “Hedda Gabler.” 7:30 pm. BAM Old Fulton Street at the East Emperor Jones.” 8 pm. See Sat., war who are entombed in a vault. St. (718) 246-4996. Free. SUN, FEB 26 presents a reading by author MARDI GRAS TASTING: LeNell’s Dialogue with Robyn Nevin, direc- 1 pm. Meet at Visitor’s Center, River. (718) 624-2083. Michael Cunningham. 6 pm. Also, Ltd. offers rums from the Cane March 4. ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum tor. $8, $4 Friends of BAM. 6 pm. Myrtle Avenue and Washington jazz with John McNeil and others. label. Learn how to make New SUMMER JOB: NYC Parks seek sum- BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- invites kids, ages 4 and older, to See Sat., March 4. Park. Call 311. Free. 9 pm. 230 Fifth Ave. Call. (718) Orleans Cocktails. Tastings from mer life guards. Visit Park’s Web forming Arts presents reggae look at art and have an arts and PERFORMANCE GALLERY PLAYERS: “Side Show.” 8 399-2161. noon to midnight. 416 Van Brunt site at www.nyc.gov/parks. Continued on page 11... singer Luciano. $20 to $40. 8 pm. crafts session. $8 adults, $4 sen- BAC: Brooklyn Arts Council presents pm. See Sat., March 4. Whitman Theater at Brooklyn SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents St. (718) 360-0838. Free. iors, free for children younger than the third annual Folk Feet Festival RYAN REPERTORY: “Getting Off in College, one block from the inter- celebration of dance. Israeli, Swe- “An Evening of the World’s Best READING: Pratt Institute continues 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 Eastern Brooklyn.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 4. section of Flatbush and Nostrand Parkway. (718) 638-5000. dish, Dominican, African-American, Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. its visiting artists lecture series and avenues. (718) 951-4500. 227 Fourth Ave. www.brooklyn- presents artist Ryan McGinness. THEATER: “Sympathetic Magic.” BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Italian and other nationalities living lyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. He speaks about his artwork and Pay-what-you-can night. 8 pm. SINATRA SONGS: RC Church of St. presents “Life and Times of Bill in Brooklyn perform folk dances. 2 LIST YOUR EVENT… Finbar hosts a Mardi Gras celebra- career. 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. See Sat., March 4. Pickett.” Kids ages 5 and older are pm. Whitman Theater at Brooklyn DOC SERIES: Grand Street Docu- tion with music by a Frank Sinatra Engineering Building, room 371, invited to a performance about College, one block from the inter- mentary Series features a screen- To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or impersonator. $25 includes dinner. section of Flatbush and Nostrand 200 Willoughby Ave. (718) 636- the life of black rodeo star Pickett. ing of “The Last Angel of History” more. Send your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 8 pm. Bath Avenue and Bay 20th avenues. (718) 951-4500. Free. 3554. Free. RI ARCH $4. 11 am to 12:30 pm. 145 (1996). 8 pm. 2965 Grand St., Wil- F , M 3 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Street. (718) 236-3312. Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. MUSIC: Brooklyn Friends of Chamber liamsburg. (718) 218-7866. Free. LINE DANCING: Jubilee Senior Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we can- Center invites dancers of all levels BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Man in SACRED MUSIC: Brooklyn Philhar- FROM WYCKOFF TO WEEKSVILLE: Music present a program of music BAMCINEMATEK: “Antonio Gaudi” not take listings over the phone. monic performs program of by Beethoven, Raminsh and Mozart. for fun. 1 pm. 55 Pierrepont St. the Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi Travel between the Wyckoff Farm (1984). 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:15 “Sacred and Profane,” music by Borealis String Quartet performs. (718) 680-2142. Free. Teshigahara.” Today: “Pitfall” Museum and the Weeksville histor- pm, 8 pm and 9:40 pm. See Sat., Stravinsky, Glass and Orff. $20 to $15, $5 students. 3 pm. Lafayette ical site to explore the lives of Feb. 25. BAMCINEMATEK: “Man in the $60. $10 students. 8 pm. Pre-con- Avenue Presbyterian Church, African Americans on Brooklyn’s Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi Teshi- cert introduction at 7 pm. Brook- Lafayette Avenue and South colonial farm. Crafts, panel discus- gahara” series. Today: Antonio lyn Academy of Music Opera Oxford Street. (718) 855-3053. sion, quilt artist and tours. Noon to MON, FEB 27 Gaudi” (1984). $10. 4:30 pm, 6:15 House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 3 pm. Wyckoff Museum, 5816 JAZZ: The Jazz Spot presents a trib- pm, 8 pm and 9:40 pm. 30 Lafa- 636-4100. Clarendon Road. Hunterfly Road ute to Max Roach including a dis- METROBUS VISIT: Assemblyman yette Ave. Call. (718) 777-FILM. RYAN REPERTORY: presents Houses, 1698 Bergen St. (718) cussion, “How Jazz Grew in Steven Cymbrowitz’s community www.bam.org. “Getting Off in Brooklyn,” a col- 623-0600. Free. Brooklyn.” $10. 3 pm. 375 office brings the Metrobus to the BUSINESS WORKSHOP: Church Kosciuszko St. (718) 453-7825. LIBRARY PROGRAM: Brooklyn Public area. All senior citizens and peo- Avenue Merchants Block Asso- Library, Central branch, offers a RYAN REPERTORY: “Getting Off in ple with disabilities are invited to ciation offers “How to Write a THIS WEEK AT family program and slide lecture Brooklyn.” 3 pm. See Sat., Feb. 25. apply for reduced fare Metro Business Plan.” 6 pm to 8:30 pm. on “When Women Pursue GALLERY PLAYERS: “Side Show.” 3 Cards. Noon to 2 pm. 1800 Sheeps- 884 Flatbush Ave. (718) 282-2500, Justice.” 1 pm. Grand Army Plaza. pm. See Sat., Feb. 25. head Bay Road. (718) 743-4078. ext. 242. Free. (718) 230-2100. Free. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- DOUBLE DUTCH: Brooklyn Public PANCAKE SUPPER: To commemo- KID’S CARNIVAL: New Utrecht cert. 4 pm. See Sat., Feb. 25. Library’s Coney Island branch rate Shrove Tuesday, Bethlehem Reformed Church hosts a Mardi BRIC THEATER: “Mono Rail.” 6 pm. invites kids to jump rope, eat Lutheran Church hosts a dinner. 7 Gras party. Balloons, games, crafts, See Sat., Feb. 25. snacks and make lanyards. 4 pm. pm. Call to reserve and for ticket cookies and more. Appropriate for 1901 Mermaid Ave. (718) 265- info. Fourth and Ovington ages 2 to 12. 2 pm to 4 pm. 18th CHILDREN 3220. Free. avenues. (718) 748-9502. Avenue and 84th Street. (718) CHILDREN’S HOUR: Salt Marsh BARNES AND NOBLE: presents a ANNUAL MEETING: DUMBO Neigh- 236-0678. Free. Nature Center hosts an event to discussion and signing with author borhood Association meets. 7 pm. LIVE MUSIC: Gustafer Yellowgold teach kids about herbs. Crafts Jeffrey Cohen. He reads from his Phoenix House, 50 Jay St., 7th floor. hosts a program of giant moving activity invites participants to cre- novel “As Dog Is My Witness.” 7 After-party at 68 Jay Street Bar. images and live songs. $5. 2 pm. ate a miniature garden. 1 pm. pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. BARNES AND NOBLE: Book discus- The Healing Rain Space, 256 Sixth 3302 Ave. U. Call 311. Free. Free. sion on “Life of Pi” by Yann Ave. (718) 965-0041. KIDS CAFE: Dancewave hosts a fla- BARBES: Traveling Cinema presents Martel. 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) MYSTERY WRITING WORKSHOP: menco workshop. $12. Noon to 3 a series of early black independ- 246-4996. Free. Proteus Gowanus offers a work- pm. Kumble Theater, Long Island ent cinema. Today: silent film “10 PROTECT YOUR KIDS: Seminar on shop for middle schoolers. Four- University, Flatbush Avenue Ex- Nights in a Barroom.” (1926). 7 pm. how to protect your children’s session course taught by Mercer tension and DeKalb Avenue. Call 376 Ninth St. (718) 288-1761. Free. safety when they are on-line. 7 Warriner, editor and writer of for ticket info. (718) 488-1624. BAMCINEMATEK: “Smoke” (1995). pm. Genesis at Xaverian, 7100 Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mys- $10. 7 pm. Q & A with author Shore Road. (718) 238-7440. Free. teries. $120. After-school sessions OTHER Paul Auster, moderated by author BEHIND-THE-SCENES OPERA: from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. Call to reg- TRUNK SHOW: All day shopping Jonathan Lethem. Also, “Man in Series continues of open rehear- ister and for information. 543 event features fashion, beauty, art the Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi sals and classes on the opera pro- Union St. (718) 243-1572. and culture. Flow Magazine spon- Teshigahara” series screens duction process as arranged by sors event. 11 am to 7 pm. “Antonio Gaudi” (1984). 4:30 pm. composer Susan Stoderi. $15. 7 OTHER Brooklyn Marriott Hotel, 333 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth BOOK FAIR: Park Slope United Adam St. (718) 246-7000. Free. www.bam.org. Ave. (646) 831-3303. Methodist Church hosts its 13th FREDDY’S BACKROOM: Movie EXHIBIT: Mark Morris Dance Group CHILDREN’S HEALTH: Heights chi- annual book sale featuring thou- Madness with “Zombies of the presents an exhibit of photos by ropractor Lorna Barnett presents a workshop on the benefits of chiro- practic on children’s health. 7 pm. Families First, 250 Baltic St. Call for fee info. (718) 237-1862. AFTER-SCHOOL CHORUS: The National Chorale, NYC’s profes- sional choral company, and the NYC Department of Youth and L’elisir Community Development, invite kids to be part of a new chorus. 3 Platinum D’amore pm to 4:30 pm. Fort Hamilton High School, 8301 Shore Road. Call for info. (212) 333-5333.
Sat. March 4 & 11 at 7pm WEDS, MARCH 1 Sun. March 5 & 12 at 4pm BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Man in the Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi Teshigahra.” Today: “Antonio Gaudi” (1984). $10. 4:30 pm, 6:15 pm, 8 pm and 9:40 pm. 30 Lafa- yette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. EXHIBIT: Long Island University pres- ents works by sculptor Helene Brandt: “Cages 1979-1984.” 6 pm to 8 pm. Flatbush Avenue Exten- sion and DeKalb Avenue. (718) 488-1015. Free. NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Cate Blanchett in “Hedda Gabler,” by Ibsen. $30 to $85. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey Theater, KIDS TEENS Feb. 25, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BWN 11 SCHOOL CAMPS Creativity Central for “Kid Runaround”. Bring your kid in Poem: The Art of Aminah Brenda Park Slope Families STYLE MUSIC to burn off some winter energy. 10 Lynn Robinson” at 7 pm; Brooklyn PARENT am to 2 pm. Food is available. 227 International Film Festival presents Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. “Mouth to Mouth” (2004) at 8 pm; Arts & Crafts Where to GO... ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum and dance party with Brazilian music, This Week’s Workshops invites kids, ages 4 and older, to from 9 pm to 11 pm. Evening runs Store and Studio ––––––––––––––––––– look at art and have an arts and from 5 pm to 11 pm. 200 Eastern Intro to Pen & Ink Tues,2/28 Continued from page 10 $15, $12 students and seniors. 8 pm. crafts session. $8 adults, $4 seniors, Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Free. • Arts & Crafts Silk Screening – 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 859-8649. free for children younger than 12. ECOLOGY CONFERENCE: Long Smartmom’s 11 am and 2 pm. 200 Eastern Create Your Own T-shirt Wed,3/1 PERFORMANCE GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Side Island University explores the array Supplies Parkway. (718) 638-5000. NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy of Show,” a musical inspired by the of wildlife of plants and animals in Painting for Kids Thur,3/2 KIDS CLOTHING SALE: Fort Greene the city’s ecosystem. 9 am to 3:30 • Workshops for Music presents Cate Blanchett in true story of conjoined twins Daisy Silver Art Clay for Teens Fri,3/3 “Hedda Gabler,” by Ibsen. $30 to and Violet Hilton. $15, $12 children Clinton Hill Cooperative Daycare pm. Health Sciences building, Kids & Adults $85. 2 pm and 7:30 pm. BAM and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. hosts a kids used clothing sale. $10 room 107, DeKalb Avenue and Silver Art Clay for Adults Fri,3/3 Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (212) 352-3101. per bag. 11 am to 3 pm. 241 Taaffe Flatbush Avenue Extension. Call to • Birthday Parties (718) 636-4100. Place, suite 107. (347) 204-2670. register. (718) 488-1209. Free. (Pre-registration required) Valentine’s THEATER: Ailanthus Theater Co. pres- RYAN REPERTORY: presents “Get- ents Lanford Wilson’s “Sympathetic IMPACT THEATER: presents “Rudy KNIT ONE, PERL TWO: Creative Arts for Kids ting Off in Brooklyn,” a collection Magic.” $15. 8 pm. St. Ann’s Rutabaga and the Terrible Dragon Studio hosts a “Pic-knit.” Knit and of Amsteryork.” All ages welcome. of one-act plays and monologues Church, 157 Montague St. (212) nosh while working on your own 171 Fifth Avenue (bet. Lincoln & Berkeley) in Park Slope investigating sex and relationships. 352-3101. $10, $7 children age 12 and creation. $20. 2 pm to 5 pm. 310 $20, $18 students and seniors. 3 younger. 1 pm and 4 pm. 90 Atlantic Ave. (718) 797-5600. www.theartfulplace.com • (718) 399-8199 WOMEN’S FEST: Brooklyn Arts Ex- Underhill Ave. (718) 783-1348. pm and 8 pm. 2445 Bath Ave. change hosts the 2006 Women’s KNOT THEORY: Margaret and Chris- ‘sexcapade’ (718) 996-4800. KIDS CAFE: Dancewave hosts its tine Wertheim of the Institute for *INSPIRE*CREATE*PLAY* Performance Festival of song, annual family event featuring VAUDEVILLE SHOW: Talk and per- dance, theater and writing in cele- Figuring, an organization that stud- formances by the Bindlestiff Family dance, music and theater. Puella ies mathematical figurations, offer bration of women. Writing work- Luinaris hosts. $20, $12 children, TWAS BAD ENOUGH no one is home but us: 10 a.m. Cirkus, Baraka the Belly Dancer shop: “Navigating Your Legacy: a crocheting workshop. $25 includes and others at the Brooklyn Public 12 and younger. 3 pm. Kumble hooks and wool. 4 pm to 6 pm. that Smartmom put her- sex. Then there is the 5 am. Daughters, Mothers and Grand- Theater, Long Island University, Library’s Central branch. 4 pm. Grand mothers.” $35 for two people reg- Proteus Gowanus, 543 Union St. self out there in her col- sex. It’s all very risque, but Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Flatbush and DeKalb avenues. (718) 243-1572. I istering together, $20 per person. WHAT’S COOKING? (718) 488-1624. umn two weeks ago, writing that keeps us young.” OPERA: Regina Opera Company 2 pm to 4 pm. Also, “Cheeky WOMEN’S FEST: Brooklyn Arts presents Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” Woman/ Trouble Makin’ Lady,” BAMCINEMATEK: presents a Kids Exchange offers a writing work- about her “old married couple” Smartmom was happy for Film Festival. More than 40 short (The Elixir of Love). $17, $12 sen- features the Brooklyn Women’s shop “Navigating Your Legacy: At KIDS COOK!, our eight-week program her friends. She’d be even and feature-length children’s films sex life with hubby Hepcat — iors, $5 teens, children free. 7 pm. Chorus and the Brooklyn Com- Daughters, Mothers and Grand- teaches children essential kitchen skills and happier for them if she actual- Regina Hall, corner of 65th Street from 23 countries for ages 2 to 13. and then openly discussing her munity Storytellers. $15, $10 mem- $7 per screening for kids age 13 mothers.” $35 for two people and 12th Avenue. (718) 232-3555. bers, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 (adult/child or 2 adults) or $20 per techniques. Kids learn how to measure, plan to get a ly believed it, and younger, $10 adults. See sift, mix, whip, cut, grate and knead, BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. BAM.org for details. 30 Lafayette person. 2 pm to 4 pm. 421 Fifth room at the “Hang in cert of Beethoven, Dohnanyi and ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The Woo- Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. Ave. (718) 832-0018. as they prepare wholesome and delicious Brooklyn Mar- there, Smart- Dvorak. $35, $30 seniors, $25 stu- ster Group presents Eugene O’Neill’s POETRY AND CABARET: “Antahka- foods from around the world. SMART dents. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry “The Emperor Jones.” $37.50. 8 OTHER rana’s Nascent” presents a collabo- riott for a Va- mom,” wrote Landing, Old Fulton Street at the pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn Museum rative effort between two artists. lentine’s Day mom another pity- East River. (718) 624-2083. IMPROV: Night of improvisation fea- hosts its monthly event of First $12. 4 pm and 8 pm. Club DV 8, • Afterschool classes tryst. ing friend. PLAY: Our Lady of Guadalupe Theater turing the troupe, Gertrude. $10. Saturdays. Tonight’s program cele- 163 Myrtle Ave. (347) 528-2749. By Louise Crawford presents “Is There Life After High 9:30 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 brates Mardi Gras and Carnival. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Man in • Private Parties Now Dumb “Pretty soon, School?” $11, $9 seniors and chil- Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. Music with New-Trad Octet from 6 the Dunes: Discovering Hiroshi Editor wants a the kids are dren age 10 and younger. 8 pm. pm to 8 pm; Drama of Works and Teshigahara.” Today: “Pitfall” • Fun & learning for ages 6-13 1518 73rd St. (718) 232-6920. CHILDREN 2 Punks Puppet Theater, from 6:30 (1962). $10. 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. follow-up. No surprise, all of old enough to run around MUSIC: Brooklyn Conservatory of RUN AROUND: Brooklyn Lyceum pm to 8:30 pm; arts and crafts at 6 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. Smartmom’s friends did, too. town by themselves at (al- Music hosts The Omni Ensemble. opens up its theater stage for a pm; tour of the exhibit “Symphonic www.bam.org. So how did it go? We’ll get most) all hours, and then you All KIDS COOK! classes meet at the 170 Hicks Street kitchen to that. can start having lots of great To register call Jane at (718) 797-0029 First, the gripes. One friend sex again — except of course, 486-6116. Dr. Oscillator, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 3: Eyal Maoz & Mondays: Guest bartender nights, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Dimyon, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. took exception to the piece. when you’re waiting up all ... “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Party,” 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “My husband would have night for them, but you can’t Nightlife Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Comedy Night, 8 pm, FREE. Trash Bar me drawn and quartered if I have sex because you don’t 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) talked about our sex life in a know what time they’re going Continued from page 10... Sista’s Place 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Bedford- Feb. 25: Arizona, 9 pm, Plastic East, 10 pm, Washington Social newspaper,” she said. to sneak in from wherever ham, 6 pm, FREE with 1-drink minimum; March 1: The St. Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, www.sistasplace.org. Club, 11 pm, Screaming Females, midnight, $6; Feb. 26: Tim But she had no trouble talk- they’ve gone to have sex, and Ann’s Review, 7 pm, FREE with 1-drink minimum, Nutria, 9 Kaye, 8 pm, Ladybug, 9 pm, Melodram, 10 pm, Rosemary pm, FREE with 1-drink minimum; March 3: George Colligan Feb. 25: Amiri and Amina Baraka with Blue Ark, 9 pm, 10:30 you don’t want to get caught pm, $20 per set. Pike, 11 pm, $6; Feb. 27: Peculiar Gentlemen, 9 pm, Scott ing to Smartmom about it in Trio, 9 pm, $10 and 1-drink minimum. Alexander, 10 pm, Live Girls!, 11 pm, The Crapenters, mid- depth. Of course not: She and by your kid.” night, $6; Feb. 28: Rider, 8 pm, Umami, 9 pm, Chris Cubeta & ART FOR KIDS Night of the Cookers Southpaw The Liars Club, 10 pm, Fantastic Ooze, 11 pm, $6; March 1: her husband engage quite fre- NE FRIEND WAS 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, (718) The Border States, 8 pm, Lungs of a Giant, 9 pm, Gutz, 10 pm, quently in the carnal arts and so excited about her (718) 797-1197. 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. DNR, 11 pm, Lumis Glyde, midnight, $6; March 3: Battle for crafts. Or so she said. Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live music, Feb. 25: Howe Gelb, 8 pm, $10; Feb. 26: Johnny Cash’s Wyoming, 8 pm, Shame Club, 9 pm, RPG, 10 pm, The Brought sex life that she 74th Birthday Bash featuring The Flanks, 8 pm, The Whiskey Low, 11 pm, The Stags, midnight, $7. O noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live Yes, once she broke called Smartmom, hyperventi- jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Rebellion and special guests, 9 pm, Blue State Band, 10 pm, through the condom of si- The Lonesome Prairie Dogs, 11 pm, hosted by Miss Lindy lating like a teenager in a Two Boots Brooklyn lence, Smartmom found her- Northsix Loo and Young Tommy Rhodes, 7:30 pm, $10; March 1: 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) backseat: “I didn’t know you JellyNYC presents Rebirth, “The Journey” CD release party, 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. self inundated with e-mails 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) with special guests Autumn, Monet, DJ Spinna, DJ Small were doing an article about Feb. 25: Dave Clive’s N’Awlins Funk Band, 10 pm, FREE; 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Change, 8 pm, $10; March 2: Will Sheff, 8 pm, $10; March from married friends eager to Feb. 28: Annual Mardi Gras Dance Party with The sex. Why didn’t you interview Feb. 25: (Downstairs) Grand Mal, The Shorebirds, The Texas 3: Matthew Kuhn Celebrity Birthday Roast hosted by Ben Voodoobillies, 9 pm, FREE; March 2: Sean Kershaw & The inform her — make that rub it Governor, Cyanide Valentine, 9 pm, $8, (Upstairs) God me?” Carlin featuring musical guests Irresponsibles, John New Jack Ramblers, 9 pm, FREE; March 3: Billy and the Bad Forbid, Irate, Mermaid in a Manhole, 6 pm, $12 in advance, in — that their sex lives are Pinamonti Band, and more, 8 pm, $TBD. Boys, 10 pm, FREE. Mostly, she just wanted $14 day of the show; March 1: Test Icicles, Shy Child, Mommy quite lively. & Daddy, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; March artistry Smartmom to know that, Spoken Words Cafe the project OK, so everyone is getting 3: Whitehouse, Wolf Eyes, Pig Destroyer, 9 pm, $12 in Vox Po p while she and her husband advance, $15 day of the show. 226 Fourth Ave. at Union Street in Park Slope, (718) 596- 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flatbush, (718) •After school programs some except Smartmom. are not “frequent flyers” in 3923, www.spokenwordsonline.com. 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. •Birthday parties Tuesdays: The Blake Cohen Group, 8 pm, 9:30 pm, $8 sug- Great. What was worse, Hep- the sex department, they do Pete’s Candy Store Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Feb. 25: Denise •Mommy and me •Weekend workshops gested donation; Feb. 28: Spoken Words Big Band, 11 pm, Barbarita and Holley Anderson, 8 pm, $TBD. cat came down with a nasty have their kinky moments. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williamsburg, $TBD. (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. www.theartistryproject.com cold and it looked like all Such as? Oh, like the time Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Feb. 25: Dylan Stain Waterfront Ale House Smartmom would get on recently when they tried to Connor, 8 pm, The Gaping Abyss, 9 pm, KaiserCartel, 10 pm, 155 Atlantic Ave. between Henry and Clinton streets in 718-858-0217 John Washburn, 11 pm, FREE; Feb. 26: The Second Fiddles, 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg, (718) Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522-3794, Valentine’s Day was a rain- have sex in the bathroom 8:30 pm, Rob Stillman’s Horses, 9:30 pm, Luke Temple, 10:30 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. www.waterfrontalehouse.com. 185 Sackett Street Free trial for new students. check and a dirty Kleenex. while their 4-year old was pm, FREE; Feb. 27: The After-School Comedy Special, 7:30 Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompanied by the Feb. 25: Paul Sullivan Quartet, 11 pm, FREE. Hepcat spent the weekend pm, Boxstep, 9:30 pm, 76 Trombones, 10:30 pm, FREE; Feb. jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: JAMstain, between Henry and Hicks See our website for details. watching her “Little Mer- 28: Bingo, 7 pm, Poorboy Johnson and the Goddamn an informal open mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, Zebulon in a black terrycloth bathrobe maid” DVD a few rooms Rattlesnake, 9 pm, O’Death, 10 pm, 11 pm, FREE; March 1: FREE; Feb. 25: Deanna Fournier, 8 pm, Uncertain Times of looking like Leo DiCaprio as Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Dan Blakslee, 10 pm, Tigersaw, 11 pm, Terra Firma, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation; March 2: Art 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, away. FREE; March 2: Solo bassist CJ Boyd, 9 pm, Castanets, 9 pm, reception for Kyle Nouse followed by Benicio and the Del (718) 218-6934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Howard Hughes without the Modest readers may want Megan Glemboski, 10 pm, Underbirds, 11 pm, FREE; March Toros, 8 pm, $TBD; March 3: Square Pegs in a Round Hole, Feb. 25: Zemog, el Gallo Bueno. 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 26: tissue boxes on his feet. to skip this juicy paragraph: 3: The Rewinds, 9 pm, Jeff London, 10 pm, Aaron Shneyer, 8 pm, Ubuntu, 9 pm, Quartet of Happiness, 10:30 pm, $TBD. Amayo’s Fu-arkist-ra featuring The Antibalas Horn & Rhythm FAMILY CLASSIFIEDS 11 pm, FREE; March 4: Al Duvall, 9 pm, Two Man Gentleman Section, 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 27: Our Night (We Only Do It For Smartmom had a nasty Apparently, the couple had Band, 10 pm, Josh Lederman y Los Diablos, 11 pm, FREE. The Money), 10 pm, FREE; Feb. 28: Fire of Space, 10 pm, cold, too. But being the good Tea Lounge FREE; March 1: Marianne (Japo Rock), 10 pm, Philip such difficulty getting into a 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Quehenberger, midnight, FREE; March 2: Matana Robert’s Childcare Available Parties mother and wife, she didn’t comfortable non-missionary Rbar 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. OdeToZiggyStardust, 10 pm, FREE; March 3: Forro in the milk it for all it was worth the 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) March 1: The Inbetweens, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 2: Dark, 10 pm, FREE. position on the floor, against Maria’s Home Daycare Center RICO way Hepcat did (he acted like the sink, or on the toilet seat he’d been hit by a Fresh Di- – from newborn to 5 year olds. The Party Clown & Magician that their little sexual es- Available 7am to 6pm, Mon thru rect truck). capade devolved into or- Friday. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Birthday parties and special occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, MARTMOM, howev- gasms of laughter only. and snacks served. Smoke free Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, All of this talk about her environment. Early education er, was making hourly BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. treks to Seventh Avenue friend’s sex life, a rich and available. Fully bonded. City 718-434-9697 S previously undiscovered vouchers accepted. 1631 - 70th 917-318-9092 for his echinacea supplements, St., Brooklyn NY. (718) 360- W45 the hot and spicy coconut milk country, got Smartmom 7757, cell. (718) 236-1203, soup from Lemongrass Grill, randy for a little hanky- office. panky with Hepcat. But as is LC09 Tutoring and mass quantities of pome- granate juice from Back to the usually the case when you The Videography Instruction Chemistry, Biology, Land. want it bad, things weren’t so good. Physics, Math & SAT Still, Smartmom held out hope that Hepcat (or at least So, you’re all wondering, Piano Lessons Experienced, accomplished Piano Lessons can be fun! crucial organs) would recuper- what happened on the big teachers available to tutor for night? of the Spoken Word I’m great with kids and adults. academic support and test ate in time for the couple’s se- Well, early on Valentine’s IN FLATBUSH AREA preparation (Regents & SAT). cluded rendez-vous. Call Christiana ACADEMIC EDGE. Meanwhile, Smartmom bid- Day, Smartmom remembered By Leonard Jacobs 718-693-0583 (718) 501-5111 ed her time with the sizzling e- that she’d forgotten to ask B30 AE15 mails. O, joy! Babysitterandsomuchmore “Just wanted to report that to stay late. Unfortunately SLOPE MUSIC Math Tutor Masters Degree this married couple still man- she had already promised omething about the sonorous title of Julia Instrumental & Vocal 32 years teaching experience. her daughters that she’d Jazz • Classical • Folk • Rock ages to have our sex and eat it, Middle school math up to Math A too,” wrote one of her Gaphat- baby-sit for them. So much O'Farrow's weekly program on Brooklyn Call for free interview (Regents) and college math (includ- for the Marriott or dinner out S charlessibirsky.com ing Computer Science). Call (718) tan friends. “We are still at it, Bands available 837-8626 or (646) 263-1038. Ask kids and all. Sometimes, my or… Community Access Television (BCAT), Jaygeeoh Julia O'Farrow, producer for Raymond Andree. Very rea- hubbie comes home after I Then Smartmom remem- 718-768-3804 sonable rates. of Jaygeeoh Presents!, a W33 A28 drop off the preschooler and bered that they had their bi- Presents!, begs the question: What's in a cute monthly “couple’s therapy” weekly program on BCAT. session at 5:50 (how roman- title? The answer, it turns out, is a lot. tic). They call it their “tune- up” and consider themselves Its genesis lies in O'Farrow's ties to followed one artist, Tantra, around mum of 12 hours," O'Farrow says. Day lifers in the therapy depart- spoken-word performance-an exuber- the scene. Then I pretty much got "But I also like editing. So while it ment (“Saves on emergency antly rhetorical, soul-bearing art form into the spoken-word scene myself, takes a lot of time, I really take my room bills,” says Hepcat, that might be the nation's last gen- and did a little writing. I was intro- time, like a good documentary film- School, somewhat facetiously). uinely underground scene. For now, duced by Tantra, so I wasn't an out- maker does. You look at your footage So on Valentine’s evening, that is-for Jaygeooh Presents!, which sider-that how I got nicknamed while you're putting it together. You Inc. they sat in their therapist’s cozy brownstone office dis- began airing last summer, stands Jaygeeoh-the other artists knew it was sit there, you look at it, and you say to A fully licensed and certified preschool cussing why they weren’t at poised to bring this joyously com- someone from the scene. A lot of the yourself, 'I have so many possibilities the Marriott having sex. By bustible mixture of poetry and per- profiles are of people I know, people I with this footage.' You learn how to session’s end, it was decided formance into the mainstream. feel are talented, people I want to give choose, and you think about it a lot as ■ 2-4 year old programs ■ 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, that they’d put the kids to bed She will do it, you can be sure, exposure to." you do." early — after American Idol, without allowing mainstream market- She then mentions a slew of them: Like many BCAT shows, Jaygeeoh ■ Licensed teachers afternoons or full days before House — and do “it” with the radio on. ing to mess it up. That's because Baron, a graphic artist, music produc- Presents! is all about the wizardry of ■ Optimal educational equipment ■ Spacious Classrooms And that’s sort of what O'Farrow herself has deep ties to the er, journalist and poet; Derick Cross, the solo operator: O'Farrow holds or happened. Afterwards, a sat- world of the spoken-word, and that's an artist and poet; and Ngoma, places the camera for each shot or seg- ■ Exclusive outdoor facilities ■ Enriched Curriculum ed Smartmom lay awake only a piece of her resume. She is, in a singer-songwriter, "performance ment; she finds the artists, typically feeling like a sex-crazed 35- no particular order, a documentary poet," self-proclaimed "paradigm African American, that she wants to ■ Indoor Gym facilities ■ Caring, loving environment year-old, and thought about maker, a professional photographer, a shifter" and a poet who plays the profile; she sets up all the scheduling why she and Hepcat make so music producer, a freelance tran- didgeridoo, the traditional wind for any interviews or on-location little time for one of the great 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) • (718) 230-5255 pleasures of life. scriber, and she substitute teaches, instrument of the Australian shoots; and she does all the promo- too. Aboriginal people. tions to get the word out. S IT REALLY just a matter of inconvenience, Before that, she held a job at a bank O'Farrow always tries to "structure O'Farrow also says that BCAT has or are Hepcat and Smart- for 13 years, and then obtained her the program specifically"-by that she proven a great resource. "Before I I mom letting their careers, B.A. in film production from City means that if each half-hour program started my show, I already knew how pressure from Dumb Editor, College, where she successfully com- is left as free-form or unformed as, to edit but I wasn't familiar with the OPEN HOUSE: 6:30pm money worries, the children, pleted Beyond the Bars/No Extended say, much of the slam poetry itself, Avid Xpress editing program. BCAT Tuesdays, Feb. 28 the neighbors, the size of Embraces, about women with loved there's the risk that the viewer will requires you to take certain classes [in March 7, 14, 21 & 28 their apartment and their cu- mulative stress get in the way ones in prison. Finally, she is mem- not come away with as complete a order to use their equipment], like of their marriage? bership director of CineWomenNY, a picture of the artist as she would like. Field and Editing, which is basically a How did sex get so low on nonprofit that supports "the advance- "I usually want to do an interview as production class, a 'how to use the the “to-do” list — just below ment of women, their goals, and their well as take action footage, so I never camera' class, which is important Register Now For 2006-2007 School Year “Parents as Reading partners” visions in a noncompetitive environ- want a program to be just a sit-down, even if you think you know it all." meetings and just above the 6 months through 5 year olds monthly shift at the Food ment." 'tell me your story' thing. I feel like –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Children of all Ethnic & "I wanted to keep working on, and each program, each profile of each CulturalBackgrounds Welcome Full and Part Time Programs Coop? Jaygeooh Presents! can be seen Valentine’s Day or not, stayed involved in, video making- artist, should be like a mini-docu- in Brooklyn on BCAT on Year Round Childcare Smartmom and Hepcat made doing profiles of people," O'Farrow mentary." Extended Hours for Working Parents a vow to bring some pleasure says, explaining how Jaygeeoh Presents! That is a tall order for anyone com- Tuesdays at 10:30pm on Time into their lives. Maybe on got started. "I initially started off ing freshly to the rigors of weekly Warner Cable channel 35, Certified Teachers in Early Childhood Education their anniversary in July, Cablevision channel 57, and they’ll make it to a hotel. using footage I had acquired over the broadcasting. "I usually book at least Storytelling, Computers, Free Play years. I was involved in a documen- two, sometimes three editing sessions, streaming live online at Even better, maybe one day Music & Movement, Dramatic Play, Arts & Crafts soon, Smartmom will just tary on spoken-word artists and in blocks of six hours each, at a mini- www.bcat.tv/bcat. 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Relax, it’s not that kind of is anything but somebody who On Wednesday, the Center for worked with untreated hides,” the Disease Control confirmed it was anthrax. mayor said at a press conference Police set off a frenzy in Fort anthrax — and within hours, cops, that was broadcast live to a city TV crews and health officials de- Greene Wednesday, cordoning off with a long memory where an- a street after finding out that a scended on the dreary warehouse thrax is concerned. opposite the Ingersoll Houses. But Jay-Z is looking man who worked with untreated He added that the bacteria- there was no story. cow and goat hides in a ware- borne toxin was not a danger to house at Prince and Tillary streets anyone in the area. Several people who had been in had tested positive for anthrax at a The man, Vado Diomande, re- Diomande’s studio were given an- Pennsylvania hospital. turned from the Ivory Coast on tibiotics as a precaution, city for Brooklyn’s But Mayor Bloomberg quickly Dec. 21 with the animal skins. He health officials said. cautioned New Yorkers not to was turning them into traditional Diomande remains in fair con- draw the wrong, horrific conclu- African drums before traveling to dition at a Pennsylvania hospital. best Nets rap sion. Pennsylvania, where he fell ill and — Ariella Cohen
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The Swamp Rats need a swamp rap. / Ariella Cohen The New Jersey Nets — imprisoned for a few more years 1, 2, 3 homeless, ah, ah, ah! in the marshlands of the Garden State suburbs before a pro- posed moved to Brooklyn — have asked budding rappers to The Brooklyn Papers cold it is, aren’t using said, mentioning the write the ultimate urban paean to the team. Here’s a fun time: Let’s shelters. Either they are “accurate number” And one of the Nets’ owners — some guy named Shawn incapable of enga- from last year’s Carter — will pick the winning rhyme. Papers The Brooklyn count the homeless! ging in services count was 4,395. But shouldn’t Carter — also known by the nom de guerre Police taped off an area on Prince and Tillary streets where a Manhattan man More than 600 Brooklynites or the services are Volunteers are not Jay-Z — be writing the rap himself? who contracted anthrax had a workshop. are expected to do just that this not structured pro- asked to do anything His spokeswoman refused to explain why the four-time Monday night — part of an army perly to engage beyond tabulating Grammy winner can’t find the time to shout his favorite of 2,500 volunteers recruited by them.” people they see. No team’s theme song. the Department of Homeless Ser- Shretzman realized that she one is asked to enter abandoned But in a statement, the future Mr. Beyonce Knowles sug- vices for its annual “Homeless wasn’t doing a great job of selling buildings or provide social services gested that it’s more fun to listen to the caterwauling of hip- Street Count.” the notion of walking around in to the shivering. hopping amateurs. Disorder in family court HS The mission: to fan out across the middle of the night to count And did we mention, there’ll “It’s going to be fun to hear the different ways that fans the city between 10:30 pm and 4 deeply troubled souls. be prizes? capture the flavor of Nets basketball through music,” he said. The Brooklyn Papers paign for Fiscal Equality. am and count every person living “It’s actually a really cool All volunteers are entered in a “The Nets are a hot team and we’re looking for a song to on the street. event,” Shretzman said. “We all raffle for tickets to the ultimate The scaffolding is in place, but the The Urban Assembly School of Law match the intensity of the players and the game experience.” Government and Justice, now in its sec- The colder, the better. see homeless people asking for homeless saga, “Phantom of the The winning song will become part of the sonic assault at money is not. ond year at another location, and a new, “We have to do it in the dead of money on the street and wonder Opera.” And all volunteers re- the Continental Airlines Arena. In addition, the winning Two high schools set to open in 2007 at still-unnamed school, would split the 51- winter so that we can count the what we can do for them. Well, ceive an “Everyone Counts” t- songwriter — call him Vanilla Coke — will get to hang out the now-vacant Family Court building on year-old court building, which has been most-challenged homeless people,” here’s a great thing.” shirt to commemorate their night with Jay-Z at a future game. Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn dormant since Family Court moved last said DHS Deputy Commissioner Counting the homeless? on the town. To enter the contest, record your Nets-inspired rhymes on stand in limbo as the Pataki administration year to a new, 32-story tower on Jay Maryann Shretzman. “These are “We need accurate numbers if Call 311 to register. a CD or cassette and send them to “Nets Song Contest,” ignores pleas from city educators to pro- Street. the people who, no matter how we are to solve the problem,” she — Gersh Kuntzman Nets Basketball, 390 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ vide court-ordered construction money. The Bill and Melinda Gates Founda- 07073 by March 5. The city has begun work on converting tion has put up $58 million to run the two Inspired by the contest, The Brooklyn Papers is submit- the ugly limestone-and-granite court- new high schools. The Department of Ed- ting this entry: house — a building some called “Bleak ucation won’t say how much it will cost “The Nets are coming on and how! House.” But construction could “come to to retrofit the courthouse with new floors, And just like Duvall in Apocalypse Now a crashing halt,” Mayor Bloomberg staircases and a new rooftop gymnasium Cops nab a The whiff in the air is the smell of victory warned last week, if the state doesn’t fork — an indication that Bloomberg doesn’t Or maybe just the swamps of northern Jersey” over money it was ordered to provide as want to tip his cards in his ongoing CFE — Gersh Kuntzman part of a successful lawsuit by the Cam- poker game with the governor. — Cohen few bad men, crime drops / Greg Mango / Greg
The Brooklyn Papers Nydia: City bypasses Sometimes, pulling just a few petty criminals from the streets can make a noticeable difference
in the neighborhood. Papers The Brooklyn That’s the situation in the 76th dollars for ditch-fix Victor Mooney works on his canoe. He hopes to use it Precinct, which includes the Car- roll Gardens, Red Hook and to row across the Atlantic by himself. The Brooklyn Papers Boerum Hill neighborhoods. Po- The DOT doesn’t lice there say the capture last want to fix the ditch, a month of two brazen burglars Hopeful Mooney to attempt Brooklyn congress- helped curb a sudden spike in woman charged this thefts early this year. week. “Ever since these arrests, our Atlantic crossing in canoe break-ins have been way down,” Rep. Nydia Velaz- The Brooklyn Papers quez (D-Sunset Park) said 76th Precinct Police Officer claims the city Depart- Vinny Marrone. Most-recent statis- Victor Mooney’s “Voyage of Hope” began Tues- ment of Transportation tics showed the precinct saw four day with a late truck and a holy libation in a cold rejected a $300,000 times the number of burglaries dur- Prospect Heights garage. federal grant she se- ing January than had been reported Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, the self-proclaimed cured last year to re- over the same period last year. Community Mayor of Harlem, sprinkled cinnamon and duce noise and pollu- Around 1:20 am on Jan. 24, a holy water, christening the slender, plywood boat that tion coming from the pair of officers patrolling Fourth Mooney plans to row across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa below-grade portion of Place, near Clinton Street, spotted to Brooklyn. the Brooklyn-Queens two suspicious fellows peering Later, Mooney finally got a chance to load his 24-foot Expressway. into a parked car, Marrone said. craft onto the tardy flatbed truck, which will transport it to a The so-called When the cops pulled closer they ship that will carry it to England, and then to Senegal. “Ditch” cuts off Cob- Callan / Tom noticed hammers, pry bars and Mooney will meet up with it next month and begin row- ble Hill and Carroll other burglary tools in the sus- ing from the West African nation. He said he’ll be paddling Gardens from the pects’ hands and a broken window under the Brooklyn Bridge sometime around Thanksgiving Brooklyn waterfront. on the front, driver’s-side door. Day. Velazquez got the If police had any lingering Mooney is a deeply religious man, but he’s a little also pork inserted into the doubts about the men’s intentions, mishuggeh, no?
federal budget for a Papers The Brooklyn a search of the two prowlers re- “Faith will take me to Africa and bring me back to study that was to be The BQE “ditch” through Carroll Gardens vealed a host of stolen goods. Of- Brooklyn,” said Mooney, who named his boat for Pope administered by Com- ficers found credit cards, CDs, John Paul II. munity Board 6 and DVDs, a pair of reading glasses Mooney has spent five years planning his voyage — an 8,000-mile tribute to the Africans who traveled the Middle Poly Prep Country Day School Poly Prep DOT — but the city agency declined (politely, sources say). and the papers that showed the car Composer Stephen Sondheim at Poly Prep on Wednesday. Now the study is on hold. “We needed them,” said Velazquez’s spokesman was insured by, and registered to, a Passage in slave ships. He built the red-and-white boat in a Pacific Street garage Dan Wiley. “Now we need to find another agency to work with.” 28-year-old Brooklyn woman. That allowed Police Officer Louis donated by Forest City Ratner, possibly making Mooney A DOT spokesman rejected Velazquez’s charge that the agency blew A Stephen Sondheim comedy tonight! Gubitosi to arrest the two men, Stal- the last person to use it before it’s razed for a proposed bas- off the grant money, saying he could find neither a record of the grant, nor in Sanchez, 30, and John Maldona- ketball arena. Something amazing/something worth praising/Sondheim in Bay Ridge/A a refusal by the department to administer it. Other soloists have rowed across the Atlantic, but Mooney talk at Poly Prep/Students did his show/“Into the Woods,” y’know/He took do, 20. Both men, who could not be their queries/Sure beats Johnny Depp!/It’s pretty cool/It’s really neat/A The Ditch was created in the 1950s, when the city rammed the BQE reached for comment, now face would be the first to end the journey at the Brooklyn Bridge. Tony winner/On 92nd Street/Wizened advice/Is really nice/He smiled when through the vibrant Italian-American neighborhood. Velazquez hopes the multiple burglary charges. He’ll sleep in the back of the bobbing boat when he needs the kids performed/Could it be that Sondheim’s reformed? grant will jump-start a long-held dream of healing the wound. — Cohen — Lilo H. Stainton the rest. — Cohen
Crude messages slamming devel- CHECKIN’ IN WITH... oper Isaac Katan — such as “Katan RATS… is Satan” — were spotted on vans parked next to a 12-story condo at Continued from page 1 162 16th St., which is being built by Zack Barowitz non-union workers. will get 10,000 jobs at Bruce Rat- Protest organizer Bo Samajopou- All it takes is a dollar and a dream — and Zack ner’s Atlantic Yards megadevelop- los has two, seemingly conflicted, Barowitz doesn’t even have the dollar. But he ment — which won Ratner union gripes: He doesn’t want the too-tall dreams, nonetheless, of creating a Brooklyn support. condo in his neighborhood — but if Bridge museum in the perfect place: the anchor- / Julie Rosenberg “The construction industry has it must go up, he wants his workers age gallery on the fabled span’s Brooklyn side. sway over elected officials and its on the job. Sure, Barowitz is nowhere near completing his for- support [of the project] has a major Union workers. mal proposal — not to mention lining up funding impact,” said Councilwoman Letitia “[The builder] is exploiting work- — but that doesn’t mean he’s not onto some- James (D-Prospect Heights), who ers with no insurance and little or no
thing. He talked with Susan Cosier this week. Papers The Brooklyn opposes the Atlantic Yards project. training,” Samajopoulos said, actual- Yet Ratner remains the exception ly using the term “overdevelopment” to Brooklyn’s growing addiction to to describe the building — a surpris- Q: It’s hard to believe there’s not special shows that contribute to life in the non-union construction. As a result, ing word choice for a union builder. already a museum to the Brooklyn area. The construction of the bridge is a great Brooklyn has become the hot-sheets “I kept out of the fight at first,” he Bridge. story and an engineering feat that no one motel for an odd case of strange bed- said. “Unions usually want big work, thought possible. And there is great drama in fellows: union construction workers but who wants to live next to a mon- A: I know. It was such a no-brainer, I could- are now teaming up with opponents n’t believe no one else has thought of it. the humans who built it, the immigrants who strosity, especially if it’s a monstros- slaved away, the deaths during construction. of over-development to halt or ha- Everyone just loves the Brooklyn Bridge. ity built by men and women making The designer, John Roebling died, and then rass non-union projects. $10 an hour?” Q: Why the anchorage? his son, Washington, took over only to get the James, for example, has been Pugliese considers non-union la- A: That space alone is worth the price of ad- bends. In the end, his wife, Emily, was over- spotted recently walking the picket bor to be a public safety issue. In the mission. You couldn’t exactly have the seeing the construction. lines below the inflatable gray rat, past year, two day-laborers were and teaming up with the very unions Brooklyn Bridge Museum anywhere else. I Q: Who are you to propose this? killed on job sites in Brooklyn, in- she battled over Atlantic Yards. cluding one who was fatally crushed heard that Ralph Nader wants to have a mu- A: It’s true, I’m not a museum curator. My seum for torts in Windsor, Connecticut. If “We talk about overdevelopment by an 800-pound beam as he laid the goal is to generate publicity, political will and some of them really under- Connecticut can have a museum of torts, I foundation of a condo building on and public support and then hand this baby stand,” said James. “They don’t 20th Street in the South Slope.
figure why shouldn’t Brooklyn have a Mango / Greg off to the professionals. I don’t want to be in want it where they live either.” Brooklyn Bridge museum? And this week, a worker was car- the museum business. James’s point was on display this ried off by co-workers and placed Q: What would the museum consist Q: What do people say when you week in the South Slope, where the into a car-service taxi at the 16th of? tell them about this? non-union construction of some 30 Street site. Witnesses believe he was A: There will obviously be a permanent ex- A: Oh, everyone says, “That’s a great idea!” new residential projects has incited shaken up in a construction accident, hibit about the construction of the bridge, plus Now we have to go get some money. protest from neighbors — whether but the foreman on the job denied it, Papers The Brooklyn they draw union or non-union pay- telling The Brooklyn Papers to As construction work goes on behind them, members of Local 926 picket checks. “have a nice day.” another non-union job on 16th Street in Park Slope. 14 BWN THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • TO ADVERTISE CALL (718) 834-9350 February 25, 2006 REAL ACCOUNTANTS EMPLOYMENT & TAX SERVICES ESTATE Retail ATTORNEYS To advertise call (718) 834-9350 To advertise call (718) 834-9350 NEW PLACE, NEW FACE. 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SUPREME COURT: KINGS formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). COUNTY. Deutsche Bank National Trust Real Estate • Wills • Trusts NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT - COUNTY without this state to which the Secretary of State Art. of Org. filed with Sec. of State NY (“SSNY”): Company, et al, Plaintiff(s) vs. Barry Davis, et al, Estates • Litigation • IP OF KINGS. Mortgage Electronic Registration shall mail a copy of any process against the limit- REAL ESTATE January 4, 2006. Office Location: Kings County. Defendant(s). Attorney (s) for Plaintiff(s): Rosicki, Systems, Inc. as nominee for Accredited Home ed liability company served upon him or her is: Free initial consultations HOUSES SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom Lenders, Inc., its successors and assigns c/o Sharon Lu, 6723 10th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Rosicki & Associates, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite Wall Street Experience, Personalized Service!SM process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc. Plaintiff, AGAINST 11219. 301, Fishkill, New York 12524 (845) 897-1600. ATTORNEY BP06-11 copy of any process to the LLC Attn. Thomas A. www.lewishand.com W51 Aaron Houston, et. al. Defendant(s). Pursuant to Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale O’Rourke, Bodner & O’Rourke, 425 Broadhollow a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly date Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by entered herein on or about November 2, 2005, I Rd., Melville, N.Y. 11747. Purpose: Any lawful 1/31/2006, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at the Civil Court, Kings County on the 1st day of will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bath Home – Only $46,500 activity. Hugo Salazar public auction at the Room 261, 360 Adams February, 2006, bearing the Index Number BP08-13 Room 261 at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New N500069, a copy of which may be examined at Accidents Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 3/30/2006 at 3:00 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS. MORT- York 11201. On March 23, 2006 at 3:00 PM. ATTORNEY AT LAW PM premises known as 167 Hopkins Street, the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, Foreclosure! Must Sell! GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, Premises known as 478 Junius Street, Brooklyn, FREE CONSULTATION Brooklyn, New York 11206. All that certain plot KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, INC., Plaintiff against THERESA HAYES, et al New York 11212, ALL that certain plot, piece or –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of parcel of land, with the buildings and improve- Over 10 Years Handling Personal Attention to For listings: 1 (800) 366-0142 R 823 improvements thereon erected, situate, lying me rights to: Assume the name of: Lina W09 Foreclosure and Sale entered February 9, 2006. I, ments thereon erected, situate, lying and being your Personal Injury and being in the New York City, Borough of Yakubova. My present name is: Peri Yakubova the undersigned Referee will sell at public auc- in the Borough and County of Kings, City and Real Estate Closings Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New a/k/a Lina Yakubova. My present address is: 1119 • Auto/Bus/Train Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11230. My tion in Room 261 of the Kings County State of New York. Block: 3814 Lot: 138. As more York, Section, Block and Lot: 6-1722-155. • Trips & Falls Approximate amount of lien $306,392.34 plus place of birth is: Baku, Azerbaijan. My date of Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on particularly described in the judgment of foreclo- interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject birth is: August 31, 1981. BP08 the 30th day of March, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. premis- sure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and (718) 230-1234 • Construction Accidents For Sale / Brooklyn For Sale / Staten Island es Beginning at a point on the Easterly side of conditions contained in said judgment and terms to provisions of filed Judgment Index #13163/05. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by • Wrongful Death Chestnut Street, distant 224 feet Northerly from of sale. Approximate amount of judgment Allen P. Capelli, Esq., Referee. Steven J. Baum, the Civil Court, Kings County, on the 14th day of 261 4th Ave. in Park Slope • Building / Stairs P.C., Attorney for Plaintiff, P.O. box 1291, Buffalo, the corner formed by the intersection of the $248,573.18 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. On the Promenade Mariners Harbor, SI February, 2006, bearing Index Number Easterly side of Chestnut Street with the • Sidewalk/Road Defects NY 14240-1291. Dated: 2/16/2006. BP08-11 500099/2006, a copy of which may be examined 3437/2005. Leon Beerman, Esq., REFEREE. ER29-18 Northerly side of Pitkin Avenue; being a plot of BP07-10 Exceptional 131-year-old man- 3 newly constructed homes. 2 at the office of the clerk, located at Civil Court of • Truck Accidents Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by 79 feet 4 1/4 inches by 16 feet by 79 feet 4 1/4 sion. 11K sq.ft., 10 dec. fire- the City of New York, 141 Livingston Street, family detached. 3,200 sqft. the Civil Court, Kings County on the 21st day of inches by 16 feet. Said premises known as 453 NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT; COUNTY LANDLORD-TENANT Matters Brooklyn, NY 11201, in room number 007, grants places, Landmark Harbor & February, 2006, bearing the Index Number Chestnut Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208. Tax OF KINGS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- Property size 33 ft x 150 ft. 6 me right effective on the date of compliance in • Closings • Bankruptcy Manhattan views. $10.9 mil. N500120/2006, a copy of which may be exam- account number: SBL # : 4212-9. Approximate TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR 2006, to assume the name of STEVEN PSARRAS. over 6. Tax abated. ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, vs. GUY • Low-interest mortgages Cobble Heights Realty My present address is: 6124 61st Street, Apt. 1, amount of lien $ 305,016.26 plus interest and COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, BAILEY, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a judg- Brooklyn, NY 11204, the date of my birth is costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions • Free consultation Arthur Unterman (718) 596-3333 Brookyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants Call (718) 667-1548 December 23, 1986; the place of my birth is of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. ment of foreclosure and sale duly filed on me rights to: Assume the name of: Sean Adisano. cobbleheights.com ER13 A09 Brooklyn, NY, USA; my present name is Steven 42138/04. Leon Brickman, Referee. Fein Such & February 9, 2006, I, the undersigned referee will David E. Brookstone (718) 643-4000 My present name is: Sean Michael Thompson. Crane, LLP, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff. 747 Chestnut sell at public auction at the Kings County Hassan Hassan a/k/a STEVEN HASSAN. BP08 Attorney at Law 26 Court St., #1806 My present address is: 1040 - 63rd Street, Ridge Road, Suite 200, Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Room 261, Brooklyn, New York 11219. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, NY Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by 10977. BP08-11 Brooklyn, NY, on March 30, 2006 at 3:00 p.m., 718-643-0006 Brookyn, New York. My date of birth is: February the Civil Court, Kings County, on the 30th day of premises known as 790 Quicy Street, NY. All that Se habla espanol / Consulta Gratis 11, 1988. NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS 32 Court Street, #1107 MORTGAGES BP08 January, 2005, bearing the Index Number certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the 718-858-2525 N500060/05, a copy of which may be examined COUNTY. NYCTL 2004-A TRUST, Plaintiff(s) vs. buildings and improvements thereon erected, www.davidbrookstoneatty.com Notice of formation of limited liability company at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL MINISTRY OF CHRIST CHURCH, INC., (LLC). Name of LLC: franchise Presents LLC. situate, lying and being in the County of Kings ER26 E29-45 ER49 COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Defendant(s). Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSIC- Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of and State of New York, Section 6, Block 1632 and Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants KI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., One Old 10 YEARS OF BROOKLYN State of New York (SSNY) on 10/28/2005. NY Lot 32. Approximate amount of Judgment Let an ANGEL me rights to: Assume the name of: Evyon Country Road, Suite 200, Carle Place NY 11514 LENDING EXPERIENCE office location: Kings County. SSNY has been Roberto Tapia. My present name is: Roberto (516) 741-2585. Pursuant to judgment of foreclo- $595,031.21 plus interest and costs. Premises will ––––––––––––––––––––––––– designated as agent of the LLC upon whom Evyon Tapia. My present address is: 648 Howard sure and sale entered herein on or about be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment bring you home • Purchases and Refinances process against it may be served. The post office Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11212. My place of February 3, 2006, I will sell at Public Auction to Index #19747/05. Annalise Cottone, Referee. • 1-4 Family Houses address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of birth is: Queens, New York. My date of birth is: Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, P.C., 100 any process against the LLC served upon him/her the highest bidder at room #261 in the court- July 11, 2000. Garden City Plaza, Garden City, New York 11530, Victor Angel • Co-ops And Condos is: c/o Adam Belachew, 100 W. 93rd St., New BP08 house, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings, located at 360 Adams Attorneys for Plaintiff. FG08-11 Tel: (212) 318-9459 • Low Documentation Loans York, NY 10025. Purpose/character of LLC: for Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. On March 30, any lawful purpose. BP07-12 the Civil Court, Kings County, on the 21st day of Cell: (917) 816-2804 • Extremely Competitive Rates 2006 at 3:00 PM. Premises known as 465 LEGAL NOTICE OF TINROCKET, LLC: Notice of February, 2006, bearing the Index Number E-Fax: (646) 792-4847 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF 6016 Fenimore Street, Brooklyn, New York 11203. formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). N500119/2006, a copy of which may be exam- Management LLC. Under Section 203 of the Block: 04810 Lot: 0052. As more particularly Art. of Org. filed with Sec. of State NY (“SSNY”): Email: [email protected] ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL Limited Liability Company Law. FIRST: The name January 4, 2006. Office Location: Kings County. COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, described in the judgment of foreclosure and of the limited liability company is: 6016 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and condi- Management LLC. SECOND: The county within me rights to: Assume the name of: Aidan Wu. My tions contained in said judgment and terms of process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail this state in which the office of the limited liabili- 555 Madison Avenue, 14th Fl., New York, NY 10022 present name is: Athan Wu. My present address sale. Approximate amount of judgment copy of any process to the LLC Attn. Thomas A. ty company is to be located is: Kings. THIRD: The $43,535.97 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. O’Rourke, Bodner & O’Rourke, 425 Broadhollow REGISTERED MORTGAGE BROKER - NYS BANKING DEPARTMENT • ALL LOANS ARRANGED THROUGH 3RD PARTY PROVIDERS • LICENSED MORTGAGE is: 8636 - 25th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the 11034/05. Stephen Vincent Barbaro, Esq., REF- Rd., Melville, N.Y. 11747. Purpose: Any lawful Richard A. Klass, Esq. BANKER - CT & NJ DEPARTMENTS OF BANKING • LICENSED MORTGAGE BROKER - MA & VT DEPARTMENTS OF BANKING • CORRESPONDENT MORTGAGE 11214. My place of birth is: New York, New York. 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The Brooklyn Papers’ 2006 SUMMER CAMP GUIDE
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Better Brooklyn Community Center Beth Elohim Summer Enrichment Camp 2006 academic enrichment + gymnastics + dance + art + band + rockclimbing + horseback riding + bowling + OPEN HOUSE WEDS. Day nature + swimming + athletic sports + special events Mar. 8, 29 er C Apr. 5 a learning experience a = a FUN m m 6:30-7:30pm um ps for children from 4 to 15 years old! S s ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WE PROVIDE: • Academic enrichment through exciting electives and performing arts • Weekly field trips to fun and cultural venues • Outdoor pool; Instructional Swim • Daily lunch & snacks • Mature, experienced, and licensed staff A Camp For All Ages who enjoy working with kids BH • A quality experience with affordable rates BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Licensed by NYC Department of Health ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Summer 2006 Jewish r Choose from 2 - 8 weeks 9:00am - 5:00pm Summer 2006 Early Drop 8am v Session #1 July 3-14 Session #2 July 17-28 Late Stay 6:00pm Session #3 July 31-Aug 11 Register before 3/15/06 1 Sports Academy 3 /2 Years Session #4 Aug 14-25 to save $200 off camp rates. 2 Year TERRIFIC to PRE-SCHOOL June 26th - August 11th ACD, HRA, Transit vouchers accepted Olds Kindergarten At: The Hannah Senesh School - 215 Pacific St. 718-624-1992 ext. 10 + www.bkcenter.org TWO’S Ages: 5-9 Camp Main Office: 408 Jay Street @ Fulton Street DAY CAMP Specialists in Supervised & Instructional: Swimming, Soccer & Tennis CLASSES Full & Half Day programs, Professional Dramatics • Ballet • Dance • Pony Riding • Trips • Crafts PARK SLOPE • WINDSOR TERRACE • BAY RIDGE Our popular pre-nursery program Staff, Fully equipped classrooms, Judaic Study • Karate • Computers • Film Making for your toddler, accompanied by Swimming in Temple pool, Delicious & Nutritious Lunch Provided Dates: a parent or caregiver. Weekly Trips for full day 4 & 5 yr. olds Session1: June 26th - July 7th Session 2: July 10th - July 21st Session 3: July 24th - August 4th Session 4 (1 week only): August 7th - 11th Entering Entering Camp closed on July 4 and Thurs, Aug 3 (Tisha B’Av) Kindergarten to Times & Fees ELEMENTARY 5th Through MOVIN’ON Hours 9am-3pm. Cost $450 per session (last session is $225) 4th Grade 9th Grade TRAVEL CAMP Extended Session 8am-6pm. Extra $300 per session DAY CAMP Contact: Simcha (718) 596-4840 Ext. 15 [email protected] Five days of trips Checks made payable to Camp Gan Israel, 117 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Full day program. Recreational & Administration fee of $100 per child. Camp is closed July 4th Instructional swim daily in Temple pool, Swimming in Temple Pool 10% discount early bird registration before April 1st Active outdoor sports, arts & crafts, Two (3 day) overnights Our Camp nature, gymnastics and music. • Variety of programs for 1 Trips twice a week in & around NYC Mature, qualified staff campers age 4 /2 to 14 Spring Break • Safe, fun, stimulating Mini-Camp DON’T BE environment April 17-21, 2006 5 days of trips & activities For Tots & Pre-School Camp • Very flexible registration; based in Park Slope call Maura Lorenzen or Jaci Israel at: accommodating 9 week LEFT OUT! season 499-6208 Open House for • Free morning transportation Summer Camp 8th Ave. & Garfield Pl. – Park Slope Put your camp in The Brooklyn Papers from most Brownstone For Elementary & Travel Camp Brooklyn neighborhoods Sunday, March 5 & 19, 2006 biggest camp guide yet! presentations at 12 and 1pm Children of all faiths and ethnic call Bobbie Finkelstein at: • Established 1992 339 8 St. just below 6 Ave. backgrounds are welcome! 768-3814 x210 DEADLINE: MARCH 10. PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 18 www.congregationbethelohim.org Call Celia (718) 834-9350 ext. 104 718-304-7868 www.parkslopedaycamp.com